Posts Tagged ‘QUOTE OF THE DAY’

SWEET QUOTE/SONG, KELLY ROWLAND

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com


“I can’t live without it. As kids we were so on fire for God. And then you grow up, travel and experience things and stop reading the Bible every day. You don’t realize that you’re taking important things away from yourself. If all this were taken away from me right now I would still have my faith. If you don’t have faith the world will eat you alive.”

–Kelly Rowland / The Scotsman

I’ve always been rooting for Kelly Rowland. The girl seems like a total sweetheart if ya ask me. The former Destiny’s Child starlet recently revealed her new single from her forthcoming third studio album (which is currently untitled), and I’m really diggin’ it (which I’m excited about because I wasn’t too crazy about Commander)!

Rose Colored Glasses was produced by Dr. Luke and written by Ester Dean. Rowland spews love torn lyrics on the track, laced over an infectious beat.

Rowland has yet to set a release date for the new project, but is expecting a September release.

Listen to Rose Colored Glasses below.

THEY’RE YOUNG! THEY’RE CHRISTIANS!

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com


“I drank when I was younger, but then I had that 10 Things I Hate About You moment when I realized I was doing this for other people and not for myself. It made me mad, and I haven’t really drank since.”

-Hayley Williams / Spin

Paramore’s the cover story for the July 2010 issue of Spin (on newsstands now).

Writer Josh Eells, who followed Paramore for the feature, wrote that Hayley and her bandmates are not living the typical rock star lifestyle. Instead of partying, he states that the group spent their time to “watch Spaceballs and play Yahtzee.”

“They sing Hanson songs, and not even ‘MMMBop’ — we’re talking deep cuts,” Eells continued to say in the piece. “Their bus smells like popcorn and Twizzlers, and their chief entertainment is a book of hypothetical questions they take turns shouting out answers to.”

And after reading the article, Hayley responded, not very pleased with the overall vibe of the feature:

“It seems that in most cases writers simply enjoy looking at us and exclaiming – like they’ve discovered something huge – ‘THEY’RE YOUNG!’ or of course there’s always, ‘THEY’RE CHRISTIANS,’ or ‘THEY DON’T SHOOT UP IN THE BACK OF THE BUS!’ What is this, the ’80s? Is it really that sensational that we aren’t the second coming of Motley Crue?”

Hayley later wrote: “It’s my opinion that anyone who is coming onto our band looking for controversy is completely missing the point. The point isn’t in the intent of controversy, the point is that there is no way around it. As people, aren’t we all bursting at the seams with conflict and controversy? The point of our music is that there are human hearts in it.”

You can check out a behind-the-scenes look at the shoot in the clip below.

JAY-Z HEARTS REBELLIOUS INDIE ROCK

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com


“I love the energy coming out indie rock right now. It has this rebellion thing that hip-hop is missing now, the thing that made hip-hop hip-hop.”

-Jay-Z / Rolling Stone [June 2010]

TRUE BLOOD’S ROCK N’ ROLL MIXTAPE

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com


[photo cred: details mag]

“I love rock. My favourite artist is an Australian guy called Johnny Diesel, and my fave overseas band has always been The Beatles – you can’t top them.”
//True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten on his favorite music

KNAPP, CRACKLE, POP: CHRISTIAN SINGER COMES OUT OF THE CLOSET

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com


“It never occurred to me that I was in something that should be labeled as a “struggle.” The struggle I’ve had has been with the church, acknowledging me as a human being, trying to live the spiritual life that I’ve been called to, in whatever ramshackled, broken, frustrated way that I’ve always approached my faith. I still consider my hope to be a whole human being, to be a person of love and grace.”
-Jennifer Knapp via Christianity Today

After 20 years in the industry, in 2008, Christian singer/songwriter Ray Boltz came out as a homosexual man. In 2009, gospel star Tonex followed suit. And now, in 2010, Grammy nominated Christian folk-rock singer Jennifer Knapp has decided to come clean, breaking the chains and walking out of the closet.

After taking a break from music nearly 7 years ago, fans along with the Christian music scene took note and rumors began to run rampant. One rumor that surfaced that many didn’t want to digest was a gasping moment of revelation: OMG she’s gay!

Now at 36, Knapp has finally walked onto the stage without any concealer to hide her “struggle”, owning up to the truth behind that rumor.

Recently when Ricky Martin decided to come out, I jokingly thought “yeah, so?” — but as a gay person who has constantly wrestled with my sexuality and my faith, when I found out the news of Knapp’s coming out, I personally felt incredibly unthawed. It may sound absurd, but when it happened (although I know other gay individuals who are Christian), I didn’t feel so alone.

To the thousands and thousands of individuals wrestling: God loves you, God cherishes you, and God will always stand by you. The world’s hatred may break you into shards, the world’s hatred may make you want to kill yourself, but know that God’s love will always pick up the pieces and will never pull the trigger.

Click here for a free (2 tracks!) digital download from Knapp’s upcoming album, Letting Go.

M.I.A. BITCH-SLAPS LADY GAGA

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com


Finally someone who speaks the damn truth!

In a new interview with NME, M.I.A. had some very colorful words to say about the Lady.

Do we still need record labels?

Are they even interested in making money from music anymore? Lady Gaga plugs 15 things in her new video. Dude, she even plugs a burger! That’s probably how they’re making money right now – buying up the burger joint, putting the burger in a music video and making loads of burger money.

Do you think those programmes and the internet have destroyed the mythology around popstars?

I don’t know. Again, there’s Lady Gaga – people say we’re similar, that we both mix all these things in the pot and spit them out differently, but she spits it out exactly the same! None of her music’s reflective of how weird she wants to be or thinks she is. She models herself on Grace Jones and Madonna, but the music sounds like 20-year-old Ibiza music, you know? She’s not progressive, but she’s a good mimic. She sounds more like me than I fucking do! That’s a talent and she’s got a great team behind her, but she’s the industry’s last stab at making itself important – saying, ‘You need our money behind you, the endorsements, the stadiums’ Respect to her, she’s keeping a hundred thousand people in work, but my belief is: Do It Yourself.

How important are image and visuals to your music?

Very. But it’s not like “Haus of Gaga” (laughs). Me blindfolded with naked men feeding me apples and shit.

Would you ever make a record for a Twilight soundtrack?

They asked me. Luckily Jimmy [Iovine, chairmen of M.I.A.’s US label Interscope] had beef with the Twilight people, so he stepped in and told them to fuck off.

NO STARVATION STATION FOR TINA FEY

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com


Not music-related but I like the message behind this.

“I don’t weigh myself. I just go by if my clothes fit. I try not to participate too much in the incredible amount of wasted energy that women have around dealing with food. I just feel like being healthy is sort of a job requirement to be on TV, and being a writer is so much coping with fatigue and stress, and you just eat. You eat to stay awake.”

-tina fey

TAYLOR SWIFT’S VIEW OF HEARTBREAK

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com


Photo Credit: Alexei Hay

“I like to categorize the various levels of heartbreak. I’ve only had that happen once. A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.”

-t. swift, in the upcoming issue of elle

KE$HA: PEACE OUT LA!

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com


“I got the fuck out of Los Angeles. I made it through, I made a record about it, but I’m so done. It’s so gross. Then there was a morning when I woke up and said, “All right, I need to get out of here, the soul-sucking has begun.”

-Ke$ha tells Rolling Stone
Photograph by Dan Monick

J.D. SALINGER, YOU WILL BE MISSED

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behaviour. You’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You’ll learn from them—if you want to. Just as some day, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry.”
-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

MONIQUE’S BEAUTIFUL ACCEPTANCE

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

“I celebrate this award with all the Preciouses, with all the Marys — I celebrate this award with every person that’s ever been touched — it’s now time to tell. And it’s okay.”

-Mo’Nique

JESUS CHRIST & JESUS LUZ

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Hey Jesus, your pubic hair is hanging out. Just thought you might wanna know. Oh, you know? Oh, ok.

Holy smoke!

“My father [gave me] my name because he always admired Jesus Christ as the most philosophical mind of all time. So, when he named me, in his heart and his head, he made a deal, like, I’m going to name you Jesus so everything good in life is going to come to you because they’re going to make the homage to Jesus. It’s a very special name. My name is “Luz,” too, which means “light.” So I feel like if I have this name that’s so special, I should attract good energy.”

-Jesus Luz

Read the full interview of Jesus Luz in Interview Magazine here.

KEEP THE CHANGE, YOU FILTHY ANIMAL

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Yo yo yo, who dat be? It’s R-O-B on the M-I-C. Ok, I’m done. So basically, it’s almost Christmas, and I don’t know about y’all but I’m pretty stoked! Yes, among the challenges of the holiday, comes the ever-changing flight chaos, or train/traffic chaos, or the chaos of punching your way through tweens at the local mall (ok, so punching wasn’t the best word, but you get the point). Either way, I am sure you are feeling the excitement of the holiday season.

But I’ve got to ask–are you feeling the love? I remember being a kid (ok, I still do this, I admit) and loving Christmas because it meant:

A. I was getting new CDs
B. I was getting books/toys
C. I could watch Home Alone and pig out on homemade fudge & peanut butter balls (Welcome to the South!) all damn day

Yes, these are all wonderful things but as I’ve gotten older/grown up, I’ve come to realize that the beauty of giving, really has nothing to do with the gift but more to do with the push behind why we choose to give in the first place.

Christmas, to me, first and foremost, is a time of God, not gifts. Yes, gifts are a part of this, but more than anything, I’ve come to take Christmas as a time to truly cherish the blessings God weaves into the tracks of our head (yes, weaves/tracks/head was a bad description also, unless you’re Britney Spears, but you know what I’m sayin’). Basically, I guess, in my own silly way, I want to say to each and every one of you: Cherish what you do have and DO NOT WASTE ANOTHER SECOND of your time worrying about what you don’t have. Things are things. Diamonds & flat-screen TVs are meaningless compared to the love that I know is floating around you. Take a good look and drench yourself in that. Oh, and while you’re at it, cock your hat!

Merry Christmas everyone! Y’all have fun now, ya hear?!

“Cock your hat – angles are attitudes.”

–Frank Sinatra

MERRY WASTE MANAGEMENT

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

A gift only Jason Mraz can give.

To the average person, Christmas means giving gifts wrapped in paper with snowflakes or snowmen or Hannah Montana (whatever pokes your fancy), but for Mraz, it has more to do with waste management.

Check out his weird/charming/always green ramblings on the holiday season below (as taken from his blog).

“The best present is your presence! Be a helper – Spend time with loved ones. Maybe commit yourself to cleaning out their junk drawers. Assist someone in proper waste management. Such as, recycle their old cell phones and unwanted electronics to ensure it doesn’t hit the landfill. The good people at Electronic Recyclers can help make this easy. The green goal is to reduce your addiction to clutter. Ban the Phonebook for example. Unless your 80, I doubt there’s a need for a new one every season.”
-JM

Good advice, kids. Good advice.

FROM MEAN GIRL TO HUMANITARIAN?

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

“I just heard a 14 year old victim of human trafficking was married off to a 45-year-old man as her father could not repay the money he had borrowed. This story of the 14-year-old being sold is 1 of a million. I am going to use my voice to bring attention to this global crisis.”
-LL

Lohan is currently in India to film a documentary with the BBC about the trafficking of women and children in the country.

Lohan tweeted: Focusing on celebrities and lies is so disconcerting, when we can be changing the world one child at a time…hope everyone can see that.

I’m rooting for you, Lindsay.