--- title: "1 Just Weird Quotes By Arlo Parks" description: "1 Just Weird quotes by Arlo Parks. Plus more from Arlo Parks and more Just Weird sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/arlo-parks-8686_just_sometimes-the-world-is-just-weird-and-yo_154941.jpg" --- > [Sometimes the world is just weird and you have to just roll with the punches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/sometimes-the-world-is-just-weird-and-you-have-to-just-roll-with-the/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/arlo-parks-8686_just_sometimes-the-world-is-just-weird-and-yo_154941.jpg) ## More by Arlo Parks > [Minneapolis has always been a mythical place for me because my mom is a massive Prince fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/minneapolis-has-always-been-a-mythical-place-for-me-because-my-mom-is/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [It's important to have a moment where you just stop and look at where you came from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/it-s-important-to-have-a-moment-where-you-just-stop-and-look-at-where/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [Honestly, I've been reading a lot of books on visual art. I've been reading a lot of books by Olivia Lang, I've been listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/honestly-i-ve-been-reading-a-lot-of-books-on-visual-art-i-ve-been/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [When things started to take off, I had more and more to do, and things were happening but I didn't quite have the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/when-things-started-to-take-off-i-had-more-and-more-to-do-and-things/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [It sounds cheesy to say it, but I think my motivation has always been to help others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/it-sounds-cheesy-to-say-it-but-i-think-my-motivation-has-always-been/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [Sometimes the world is just weird and you have to just roll with the punches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/sometimes-the-world-is-just-weird-and-you-have-to-just-roll-with-the/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [I was very in my own head as a kid. But I liked it there! I was just writing poetry, writing stories, writing plays.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/i-was-very-in-my-own-head-as-a-kid-but-i-liked-it-there-i-was-just/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [I guess I want to be a voice for the kid. I mean, it sounds quite contrived, but I want to make music that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/i-guess-i-want-to-be-a-voice-for-the-kid-i-mean-it-sounds-quite/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [When I was younger, there was that desire to be cool and to fit in and to look a certain way. And I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/when-i-was-younger-there-was-that-desire-to-be-cool-and-to-fit-in-and/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [When I was growing up, there weren't that many queer girls of colour making music. So I just wanted to be able to exist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/when-i-was-growing-up-there-weren-t-that-many-queer-girls-of-colour/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [When I was seven, I sang 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' in assembly and the teachers were crying because it was so emotional!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/when-i-was-seven-i-sang-somewhere-over-the-rainbow-in-assembly-and/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [What I want to do with my music is to just encourage vulnerability, and to talk about things even if they're uncomfortable. Everyone has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/what-i-want-to-do-with-my-music-is-to-just-encourage-vulnerability/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [My dad was into jazz, so there was a lot of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington playing in the house, but also a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/my-dad-was-into-jazz-so-there-was-a-lot-of-thelonious-monk-and-duke/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [When I started making my own music I was listening to people like Erykah Badu and Elliott Smith. I think I always gravitated towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/when-i-started-making-my-own-music-i-was-listening-to-people-like/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) > [At the beginning I wasn't really rapping. I had poetry, so it was a spoken word vibe. Then I found beats that you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/at-the-beginning-i-wasn-t-really-rapping-i-had-poetry-so-it-was-a/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-weird/arlo-parks/#itemlist", "name": "1 Just Weird Quotes By Arlo Parks", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes the world is just weird and you have to just roll with the punches.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arlo Parks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/sometimes-the-world-is-just-weird-and-you-have-to-just-roll-with-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/arlo-parks-8686_just_sometimes-the-world-is-just-weird-and-yo_154941.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/arlo-parks-8686_just_sometimes-the-world-is-just-weird-and-yo_154941.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/arlo-parks-8686_just_sometimes-the-world-is-just-weird-and-yo_154941.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes the world is just weird and you have to just roll with the punches.” — Arlo Parks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-weird/arlo-parks/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-weird/arlo-parks/", "name": "Just Weird Quotes by Arlo Parks", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-weird/arlo-parks/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/arlo-parks-8686_just_sometimes-the-world-is-just-weird-and-yo_154941.jpg" }, "description": "1 Just Weird quotes by Arlo Parks. 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