"I used to want to be a backup……" — Jamaica Kincaid
"I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing."
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Jamaica Kincaid
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68 Quotes by Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid has 68 quotes on this site.
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It is true that I am a writer, and I was married to a composer, and I have lived in…
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But you know, where did the Brontes go to college? Where did George Eliot go to college? Where did Thomas…
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I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I…
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I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't…
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The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate the times when things are fallow and when they're not.
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When I'm writing, I think about the garden, and when I'm in the garden I think about writing. I do…
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Gardeners (or just plain simple writers who write about the garden) always have something they like intensely and in particular,…
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The space between the idea of something and its reality is always wide and deep and dark. The longer they…
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There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.
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One day I was living silently in a personal hell, without anyone to tell what I felt, without even knowing…
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But some natives--most natives in the world--cannot go anywhere. They are too poor. They are too poor to go anywhere.…
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It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life,from its very beginning, is a mystery to you.
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More Backup Quotes
This quote is filed under Backup Quotes,
one of 57 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Doing a good impression of a backup goalie the last few weeks.
— Roberto Luongo
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Information is not synonymous with knowledge. Information is only data, parts of the whole. Knowledge has a moral imperative to…
— Ruth Nanda Anshen
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When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems…
— Robert Cailliau
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I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat.
— Henry Cavill
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So many times through the course of a season you are defined by your backups. They have three players in…
— Bill Cowher
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The first thing I ever wanted to be was a backup singer for Guns 'n' Roses.
— Katie McGrath
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Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills…
— Eddie Van Halen
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... even when I'm touring, I feel like a sideman ... everybody's working together. We get to play longer solos;…
— Vince Gill
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Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out…
— Chantal Kreviazuk
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Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality…
— Bill Lipinski
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Me as a backup center? Hell no.
— Dikembe Mutombo
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Backup singers just bring so much more life to the situation. When a voice opens up, there comes the life.That's…
— Lynn Mabry
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