Rico Love Quotes

#1. There's a bunch of people who sit around and make excuses for themselves and get upset with artists, but you already know what this is - it's an ego-driven business.

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#2. I listen to all types of different music. I go to different festivals. I'm around music.

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#3. A song is a song and a hit record can change a life.

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#4. I watch artists say they wrote all these songs and don't mention anybody else who was involved, and that's fine. I don't expect an artist to give me credit. I know that they're gonna take the credit for everything. But, it's my job to give myself that exposure and not make excuses, not grow bitter.

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#5. I really want to work with Rufus Wainwright. Michael Stipe from R.E.M. I would love to work with Kanye West.

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#6. You're put in certain situations and it kind of opens up those doors and it opens up your eyes to realize what your true calling was.

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#7. It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.

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#8. I'm very competitive; it's not enough just to have a few number ones. I want to have 200.

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#9. I like clever songs. I like songs that make people think and I try to have substance in all my records, even with 'Sweet Dreams' how it was a club record and it was up tempo, but it was melodic and it was, like, lyrical.

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#10. It takes a different mindset to be successful in anything; that's why there's not a lot of super duper successful people, because it's guys I know who may be ten times more talented than me, but they don't work as hard.

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#11. I work every single day, even on Sundays.

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#12. Brandy is one of my favorite vocalists. Jay-Z is my favorite emcee outside of Biggie.

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#13. When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.

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#14. I don't believe in writing people off.

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#15. AC/DC, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper - I learned stories of all these guys. That's when I fell in love with Queen, which is one of my favorite bands of all time ... I started paying attention to what made music good. I started paying attention to why I liked it.

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#16. Not to be arrogant, but I have a lot of hits, so my phone stay ringing, but it's consistent.

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#17. I really was kind of like a musical nerd. I would watch VH1's 'Behind The Music.' That was heavy when I was a kid. I would sit up and want to watch that all day instead of going outside sometimes.

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