Cee Lo Green Quotes

Antique things have an appreciation and worth. Something can be old, but it can be timeless; therefore, it becomes an antique. If this antique is preserved and deemed precious, it could be passed down as a family heirloom.

Music saved my life. The voice you hear, the soul, the pain, is that of a person who deeply, deeply, deeply appreciates the opportunity they've been given.

There was a time when I didn't like myself at all. I thought I was a cruel joke. But now I've come to realise that maybe I am not cute, but I am beautiful.

In my lifetime, I've come to realize that you can't depend upon other people for what you want. You can't be scared to go out and get it. You have to dream big, wish hard & chase after your goals, because no one is going to do it for you.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

Be free and express yourself. Do what comes naturally.

I hate hateful people.

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.

Everybody's the same color with the lights off.

The line between playing to win and sin is thin, But I walk it with grace and I talk it with taste. I am that raw, simply put, and I rest my case.

I've been such an oddball my whole life, but I've always been cool and I've always dressed fairly smartly.

So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in the '80s!

Others tell like it is, while I tell it how I would like it to be.

I committed crimes of passion and my soul was suspected, But it was thrown out of court because of course the Creator and I connected. He told me, "Fear not for thou art protected. Your life is being requested.

I don't sell dope, I sell hope.

My style is ambiguous and lucid.

I like to have fun. I'm definitely sexually liberated and all that good stuff.

Like most artists, I live out of a suitcase.

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.

The fact that you can love something that you've lost is all the incentive you need to love again, as opposed to becoming comfortably numb.

You have to dream big, wish hard and chase after your goals, because no one is going to do it for you.

Christina Aguilera, to me, has one of the greatest voices of our time and I got nothing but respect for her.

I like aggressive and sexually liberated women. It's hot to me.

I'm not classically trained, but I am flawed in a very fantastic way!

I believe that I am God's exact intention. It's that balance of virtue and vice.

When it comes to the stage, I can't help but be inspired by people like George Clinton, Elton John and Alice Cooper.

I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.

I cry all the time. Music makes me cry.

I feel like I'm really accomplishing something with harmony and melody. Ultimately, again, I'm not a singer, some people can sing with an "I" or an "a," some people can sing and they can sang. I think I can "sang" more than anything. I'm not a formal singer and I'm an MC, but it's secondary to the second nature of just melody. You know but ultimately I'm a writer and I do soul music. Whether it's in song form or rhyme scheme, it's soul.

Well, I've cleaned bathrooms in a warehouse. That was pretty terrible. But I can't complain because I'm sure other people have done worse.

People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!

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.

My insurance provider probably wouldn't allow me to go into a mosh pit anymore. My brain is insured by Lloyd's of London, you know what I'm saying?

If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! so WITH implies consent.

Meanwhile, NBC and I plan to continue our relationship with several new co-ventures including a new music show, while we also explore our ideas for me to create and host a new show of my own. I will not go quietly into the night... expect more great music and entertainment done in my own unique unmistakable and undeniable way. The Voice has given me all the altitude and incentive to do just that. Thanks for the memories and make way for many more!

A great deal of it is personal. But the persona is, I guess, the out of body experience that takes place. Because I'm not conscious of what the outcome is going to be, I'm only conscious of my intentions, do you know what I'm saying? And even my intentions were simple initially.

It's a double-headed coin, because technology is a convenience but it's stifled our attention spans. At one time, albums had songs that were like ten minutes long, with different variations and chord progressions and changes.

I called out to God, but the devil keeps answering.

Twitter is a form of free speech, and I'm all for that. But if Cee Lo Green, a maverick of sorts, can't get on Twitter and say something outlandish or outrageous, then what is the whole point of Twitter at all?

I'm not allowed to be as liberal as I would like to be, you know? I'd do a lot more damage if I could!

I don't judge people. I don't even judge people on 'The Voice.' I'm a coach. I'm there for constructive criticism and to aid and abet and discover new talent.

I get to thinking about my life, and it sometimes makes me want to make it interesting.

You've got to realize that the world's a test, You can only do your best and let Him do the rest. You've got your life, and got your health, So quit procrastinating and push it yourself.

I'm an artist, and I like the risk - I'm not in it for the sure things.

I wanna lie to you sometimes...but I can't. I wanna tell you that it's all good...but it ain't.

You don't wanna hear the truth, so I'ma lie to you...make it sound fly to you.

I believe hip hop is being used in some mass way to influence underachievement.