L.A. Banks Quotes

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

I'm an only child so am happy with my own company and I don't really get lonely.

An Outside Context Problem was the sort of thing most civilisations encountered just once, and which they tended to encounter rather in the same way a sentence encountered a full stop.

Seeing you happy is the best gift I could ever ask for.

The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.

There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are

Use romantic relationships to grow, not to lose yourself. Keep your priorities in order.

Girls of all kinds can be beautiful.

I am never embarrassed by something that makes people laugh.

Sometimes you learn about the personality of your favorite artist, and you like their art a little less, because it doesn't jibe with what you had envisioned.

I'm tired of having to consult a group of old white guys about my black girl craft. They don't even know what they're listening for or to.

I'm also not going to explain something just because I said it in a rap. Take what you want from it.

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

Just because you shot Jesse James, don't make you Jesse James.

I've seen and learned enough to keep my music fresh and spread out.

You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really.

...and I confess that, like a child, I cry. Ah, self-pity; I think we are at our most honest and sincere when we feel sorry for ourselves.

Any theory which causes solipsism to seem just as likely an explanation for the phenomena it seeks to describe ought to be held in the utmost suspicion.

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

Where do architects and designers get their ideas? The answer, of course, is mainly from other architects and designers, so is it mere casuistry to distinguish between tradition and plagiarism?

My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it.

That's for non-musicians to say: "I only listen to this or that type of music." I think musicians love all music, or at least that's my case.

I think people respond to me as a down-to-Earth, girl-next-door person, because I am one of those people. That's something I don't have to act very hard at.

I'm always reaching to find something that will challenge me and make me do my best.

I perceive everything to be constantly subjective and strange. My version of truth in what I express, it feels like that opaque quality that you're talking about. It's just me being legitimate.

Every man should see the birth of his children

Life is the same. It would be the same thing if I were still working at Starbucks, having to deal with a manager, and a shift manager. This is a job.

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.

I think the easiest people to fool are ourselves. Fooling ourselves may even be a necessary precondition for fooling others.

I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV.

I look at life, the experiences I've had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us.

I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness.

Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state

Maybe it wasn't anything remotely to do with religion, mysticism or metaphilosophy after all; maybe it was more banal; maybe it was just...accounting.

If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me!

Baseball reveals character; golf exposes it.

My number one advice to high school girls is birth control. You want to keep all your options open for as long as possible? Birth control.

In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles.

When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen.

I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'

Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up.

I think my magical dream land would have all of my friends from high school and elementary school. I'm extremely nostalgic so my closest friends are people from my childhood.

I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous.

I liked college guys but they could tell I was just a skinny girl.

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area.

It was hard to get guys to notice me, period, because I was so skinny and all my friends were curvy. Plus, I used to be very nervous in front of guys.

I'm not sure exactly how gossiping about my life with my audience really helps them