CeeLo Green
CeeLo Green
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, better known by his stage name CeeLo Green, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth30 May 1974
CountryUnited States of America
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Balance is key. Balance is a virtue. Balance is next to godliness, maybe. We should all aspire to better balance. Too much of what is said in this world is one-sided, and we need more balance - in our speech, in our music, in our art, in everything.
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I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.
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On a good day I think I'm handsome, on an average day I'm average. I'm a man's man so I don't necessarily know how cute we're supposed to be.
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All art stems from a place of alienation. Intimate and alone. Most people are oppressed by the opinion of others, but I was not that way. I was afraid of the repercussions of not doing what I was told to do, what I was called to do by a creator.
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Rock n' roll is not just a fashion statement; it is the attitude, and it has a political posturing as well.
alter experience
Gnarls Barkley is an alter ego and something like an out of body experience.
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My varied listening palette is all-inclusive of all walks of life. No one individual is exempt from the human experience, so it is that intangible that is a universal truth. In that regard, I've had success in encapsulating something cosmic.
food relationship
My relationship with food is intimate. I don't eat and tell.
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But I still feel like a normal person... I've walked the streets and I know what it feels like. I speak with humility, and apparently those songs connect with people.
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The fact that you can love something that's lost is all of the incentive that you'll ever need to love again as opposed to becoming comfortably numb.
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I related to 'A Clockwork Orange' in a personal way. I was a bit of a thug growing up. It's taken some reform for me. Thank God for artistry and creativity as an outlet.
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I'm not trying to emulate or imitate. But I do believe that I embody that spirit from Robert Johnson on up.
I may sample at Pinkberry, but when I find a flavor I like, I'm pretty committed to it.
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I'm a normal guy at heart. But on stage, they don't pay me for normal.