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Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. Id think about

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. Id think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix… I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous. – Jean-Michel Basquiat

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I dont listen to what art critics say. I dont know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. – Jean-Michel Basquiat

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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people. – Jean-Michel Basquiat

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It wasnt being an alcoholic – it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything. – Julie Walters

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I just dont feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous. – Michael Cunningham

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I dont want to be famous famous. Im happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized. – Gabrielle Reece

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I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know they just dont have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize. – Danny Strong

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Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of. – Bill Moyers

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