"The main thing in making your own music is that it's an expression of someone's personality and being. That's what people want to hear, and you can't really teach that - that's just something that comes out. Teaching just hones that."

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Source : "Michael Kiwanuka, Far From Home". Interview with Dan Hyman, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 30, 2012.

Michael Kiwanuka

#Teaching Quotes #Expression Quotes #People Quotes

“What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?”
“I was never one to seek out the spotlight. I am kind of a private person, so I don't miss that part of show business at all.”
“Don't wonder whether you have a call to go. Have you had a distinct call from Christ to stay at home?”
“The Madden Curse has really taken on a life of its own. People just love talking about it, and it is what it is, but I look at it as a challenge”
“If the design of the building be originally bad, the only virtue it can ever possess will be signs of antiquity.”
“I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.”
“Belief in oneself is a crucial quality of leadership, because 'a house divided against itself cannot stand.' A leader who fluctuates back and forth sends a very wavery signal. Like the soprano who can shatter glass by finding that high note and holding it, a leader who can hold that high note, without wavering, can shatter walls.”

Source : Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books
“Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.”

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