Shameik Moore Quotes

Shameik Moore

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 4, 1995

My whole thing is I want to affect history in a positive way. I want the timeline to be, 100 years from now, when we look back, it's going to be like, the world was like this, and then Shameik Moore hit the world, and everything changed for the better. It was a new light. Something special.

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I keep my head up. I'm comfortable in my skin. I want to see progression in life, with myself and with others around me.

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I love watching action movies. I love 007.

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I don't like going to the movies with people that talk a lot. They want to have a conversation or something.

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I'm from a neighborhood that isn't amazing - it's not the worst, either - and I was happy. But Atlanta is just one area of a country. There's a world out there I wanna touch.

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Pharrell's affected everyone through music. To work with someone like that - it's a gift. You ever meet somebody you can learn so much from, and all you have to do is be quiet and watch? That's what it was like. I took in how he moves, speaks, how he creates, the whole nine.

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I record myself talking. I have a journal. And when I listen back, I remember why I wanted certain things. I listen to me at 16, saying 'I really wanna be on TV... I want a movie, a huge movie...' and I'm just like, 'Yo, I'm humbled. I'm living a life I imagined.'

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I'm not some crazy party animal. That's OK. If you say you want to be the best, you have to do what the best do - train, research, eat right, take care of yourself, and be. Don't pretend.

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In middle school, I saw Chris Brown live, and I thought, 'I can do that.' And these girls are screaming for him.

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The feeling of the early '90s... I think it was more... It was real. It was gutter. It was more entertaining.

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I think it speaks to people in 2015, right now. We address real situations. It's real life! Everything that happens in 'Dope' could happen today.

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I have a lot of friends who are in love the '90s. Girls, boys. '90s music? That's Tupac. That's Biggie. That's TLC. That's Aaliyah. I still listen to Aaliyah. I still listen to Tupac and Biggie. There's people who are really heavy on that culture.

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My lyrics are for strong, independent women who are both smart and fashionable.

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Everything about the movie 'Dope' is real artistry, and everybody put their full hearts and souls into it. It's a passion project; it's not one of those things everybody got paid a million dollars to do. Everybody on there wanted to do it. Everybody there believed in the project, and we just went for it. We all love each other.

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I feel it's important for the geeks to have a voice. 'Dope' is going to give a lot of people a new perspective.

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