Jeremih Quotes

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Jeremih

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 17, 1987

Effortlessly, I feel like my records have longevity.

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I've never had vocal training. No one could ever say that they helped me carve what my voice has become. It's just been more of self-training: me just continuously going into the studio every night and trying out different beats.

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There are artists that actually don't like going into the studio. They get mad when people say they've got a session. I'm just the opposite. I actually enjoy it.

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I wouldn't put out anything that I didn't want to ride to.

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If it was up to me, every show would start at midnight, and I'd give people the best of me.

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A lot of people are scared to come visit my hometown, but to me, violence is everywhere, man.

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I can't wait 'til the world embraces Chicago - not only for our talent, but just to visit our city and not be so scared to come to it and not be subjected to what people's perception is of it.

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It messes me up sometimes when I go on stage and people say my name wrong. Say my name wrong with all these different syllables. I've heard everything. My name is easy as 1-2-3. Jer-eh-mih, syllable-wise.

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I feel like music is just a platform and foundation just to be able to explore and see what's outside of it.

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I can sing, don't get me wrong, but it's no belting singing.

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I'm an owl; I'm up. I probably go to sleep during the time when most people wake up. The first half of the day, you might not catch me.

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Chicago, we always had it. People just shied away because it's nothing businesswise from the industry. Everybody from Chi will go to N.Y.C. or L.A. - R. Kelly to Kanye to even Twista. Everybody is great from there, but it's nothing downtown.

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As far as romancing and catering to the women, I'm definitely here for all that.

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I work well under pressure. Actually, I love pressure.

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I'm a percussionist, so that's most of what I know when I attack a record. Melodically, knowing the keys - my first love - that makes the perfect blend.

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Would I have signed to Def Jam if I knew they was deaf? Nah.

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That's my ultimate goal: to get people to say my name right.

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I took about four or five years of French in high school, but I definitely don't speak French as well as I thought I did then.

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When I first got signed, I used to literally pick up a pen and pad. Write bars in my notes, even whole songs. Nowadays, I just go off the feeling.

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Often, it's the little things, like the title of a song, that can make a huge difference in its success.

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