Weyes Blood quotes

“I'm definitely a victim of some weird twisted form of not really relating to female musicians.”
-- Weyes Blood

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“I'm into a lot of Eastern philosophy. It's kind of like theosophy; it's about finding the relationships between all the great religions and focusing in on the good stuff.”
-- Weyes Blood

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“Everybody kind of has to learn the same lessons. You've got to learn how to get over your first love. You've got to learn how to forgive people that emotionally abuse you. You've got to learn how to let go in a lot of ways.”
-- Weyes Blood

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“I grew up with a lot of compassion and empathy. I notice when I meet other friends of mine that were raised Christian sometimes we have similar model of sensitivity, whether to our advantage or disadvantage.”
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“In high school no guys wanted to be in a band with me unless I was going to play bass or play grindcore or be in a scream-o band, so it was fun to finally have that experience of having my songs backed by a drummer and a bassist who were just as excited about it as I was.”
-- Weyes Blood

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“I'm not a dogmatic Christian and I don't believe in the Bible literally, but I realized that Jesus is basically a very Zen dude.”
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“A part of being a female musician is kind of getting past your looks and just honing in on the music.”
-- Weyes Blood

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“Cause I'm a musician, I'm not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling.”

“People are gonna look up to me because I'm young, black, and female.”

“Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.”

“When you get a little older, you'll see how easy it is to become lured by the female of the species.”

“Why should human females become sterile in their forties, while female crocodiles continue to lay eggs into their third century?”

“LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system - an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly useful in rural festivities to support plates of cold chicken and heads of adult males.”

“I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't.”

Source : "Interrogating the NY Times’ Anthony Shadid". Interview with Aaron Ross, www.motherjones.com. January 26, 2012.

“People are more twisted than people think.”

“Humor, danger and a twisted tangle of unlikely prophecies make for a page-turning adventure.”

“How is it that this debate has been twisted on its head, that somehow those that advocate peace and diplomacy are anti-American?”