Angie Martinez Quotes

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Angie Martinez

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 9, 1971

I want to speak Spanish fluently; that's on my bucket list.

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Ultimately, I do my best to not subscribe to things that are unnecessarily negative, harmful, or hurtful to somebody.

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I might like somebody, and have to go interview somebody that hates them, but I still have to be fair.

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My mother was a great influence in my life and my career. She not only helped me master the business side of radio, but she also taught me how to conduct myself.

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I always want to represent being in the moment, staying honest, and being comfortable in my skin.

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I like to be a peacekeeper, and I just don't believe in stirring up conflict.

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I try to be real positive because I know I'm being listened to, and I have a responsibility.

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I love Jay personally and as an artist; I think he's incredible.

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I think I'm like the kid who loved hip hop, and all of a sudden - I don't know what it was - it started to put me in positions to do great things.

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It's always interesting to talk to people's moms or sisters or wives. It gives you a different perspective of somebody that everybody already thinks they knew.

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Imagine the first time you are about to rap in a studio and you find yourself in a booth with Redman and KRS!

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I grew up watching Oprah on television. So, to say I didn't learn a lot from her just wouldn't be true.

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I think it's important for women to know that you don't have to compromise your fullness, your dopeness. You can be everything you want to be.

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Tupac was real and honest about every question I asked.

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If you are a woman with this full life who is incredibly ambitious like I am, you have to find somebody who is into it, respects it, encourages it, and celebrates it because he loves that about you. Otherwise, you're going to feel like you're muting yourself.

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Sometimes I may come off like I know what I'm doing or I'm confident, but I'm not always.

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When I was 16, my mother moved me out of Brooklyn and sent me to Florida to stay with my family for a little bit because I was being bad, not going to school and stuff.

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I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated for a Grammy. I didn't know that we would have to perform on the MTV Awards show.

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I had to tell the city that 2Pac passed, and I had to be on the radio early after Biggie passed. Those were awful, emotional.

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The people I chose to work with me on this album are there because I have a personal relationship with them.

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