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I'm like Shrek. Shrek's a nice guy, but people keep alienating him, like they did with me in my younger life. I'm very loving and kind and generous - I'm a sweetheart!

- CeeLo Green

Like, Sweetheart, Very, Shrek

I think I wanted to be a punk-rocker before I wanted to be anything else. I remember wanting a mohawk, and I wanted to cut the sleeves off of my jean jacket because I used to want to be Dirty Dan from Sha-Na-Na. This is before hip-hop was even around. I had the skinny piano tie. I had it, man.

- CeeLo Green

I Remember, Wanting, I Think, Jacket

All art stems from a place of alienation. Intimate and alone. Most people are oppressed by the opinion of others, but I was not that way. I was afraid of the repercussions of not doing what I was told to do, what I was called to do by a creator.

- CeeLo Green

Art, Doing, Stems, Alienation

I would like to be a gang leader on 'Sons of Anarchy' or own a lemonade stand on 'Boardwalk Empire.'

- CeeLo Green

Leader, Gang, Would, Lemonade

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

- CeeLo Green

Want, Very, Shed, Compromise

Like most artists, I live out of a suitcase.

- CeeLo Green

Like, Artists, Most, Suitcase

I don't eat a lot of junk food anymore, but I sure remember it. I used to go through boxes of Little Debbies. I liked Star Crunch, and of course those oatmeal pies.

- CeeLo Green

Through, Boxes, Crunch, Oatmeal

I'm not trying to emulate or imitate. But I do believe that I embody that spirit from Robert Johnson on up.

- CeeLo Green

Believe, Spirit, Emulate, Embody

Women are our most miraculous muse, an enchanted intangibility that encourages all art.

- CeeLo Green

Most, Miraculous, Encourages, Enchanted

I do like the ladies an awful lot. Surprisingly enough, it turns out ladies like me back; I'm a really good guy.

- CeeLo Green

Like, Awful Lot, Awful, Surprisingly

I was one of those kids, inner-city youth and finding my way. I made it. I made a success out of myself, surprisingly.

- CeeLo Green

Myself, Made, Inner-City, Surprisingly

To lose my mother just as I'm right on the brink of crossing that threshold over into a career, it was pretty compelling. My entire career is my mother's work, for me.

- CeeLo Green

Career, Pretty, Over, Brink

When it comes to the stage, I can't help but be inspired by people like George Clinton, Elton John and Alice Cooper.

- CeeLo Green

Like, Elton John, Alice, Elton

Emotion is something that you don't simply receive. Emotion is compelled. Other than that, we're just shells until we're possessed or reanimated from time to time by different emotions.

- CeeLo Green

Emotions, Other, Receive, Different Emotions

I could never be homophobic in any kind of way, dude. I'm such a free bird.

- CeeLo Green

Never, Kind, Could, Dude

I may sample at Pinkberry, but when I find a flavor I like, I'm pretty committed to it.

- CeeLo Green

Pretty, Flavor, Committed, Sample

You can't be all of the people you're influenced by, so you make your own filter and create your own beautiful, unique thing in the world. Soak up the world, man, and make something of your own.

- CeeLo Green

Own, Influenced, Your, Filter

I think I'm needed - as an artist, as an individual, as an entity, an enigma, an exhibitionist, an entertainer - as an alternative.

- CeeLo Green

Think, Enigma, I Think, Exhibitionist

Ultimately, I'm a fan of music. I describe writing music sometimes as hieroglyphics, like, you know, excavating, gently brushing off these artifacts and discovering the song underneath it all. It seems as if it is already written in it.

- CeeLo Green

Sometimes, Fan, Brushing, Gently

I most certainly am not harboring any sort of negative feeling toward the gay community. I don't have an opinion on people with different religious, sexual or political preferences. I'm one of the most liberal artists that I think you will ever meet, and I pride myself on that.

- CeeLo Green

Negative, I Think, Religious, Gay Community

Goodie Mob is my passion, the core of me, the fight, the struggle. I'm still as much of an underdog as I ever was, and my music is still as anti-establishment as it ever was. I want to satisfy that rebel side. It's not null and void. I'm a whole being, and I'm just coming back full circle.

- CeeLo Green

Rebel, Mob, Back, Struggle

I'm all about taking chances. You have to ask yourself, if you're not taking any chances, are you actually even living? Every time you walk out of your door and you're out in the world, you take a chance on not coming back. That is the danger and the dynamic of being alive.

- CeeLo Green

Door, Alive, About, Every Time

Twitter is a form of free speech, and I'm all for that. But if Cee Lo Green, a maverick of sorts, can't get on Twitter and say something outlandish or outrageous, then what is the whole point of Twitter at all?

- CeeLo Green

Green, Free Speech, Say, Outlandish

All I'll say is... I'm at a point in life when nothing feels shocking to me. I need something to shock me! I'm almost ready to see a U.F.O.

- CeeLo Green

Need, Feels, Almost, Shocking

I want a world where everything is welcome, everything is valid, everything is acknowledged, embraced, and accepted. To me, that's a perfect world.

- CeeLo Green

Want, Perfect, Acknowledged, Perfect World

For me as an artist, the expansiveness of my interests and my influences make me enigmatic. I think any man can be that way - if you love enough interesting things.

- CeeLo Green

Love, Think, I Think, Enigmatic

I have done quite a few things that I'm not proud of. But now I can equate it to artistry without an outlet. At school, I couldn't help but colour outside the lines. My passion just caused my reactions to be that much more volatile.

- CeeLo Green

I Can, Without, Artistry, Reactions

I'm drawn to the unconventional because I've been drawn unconventionally. I believe that I'm supposed to topple over these false images of what's idealistically beautiful. Because, of course, these intangible qualities are very attractive to women. Sincerity. Sense of humor. Success.

- CeeLo Green

Been, Very, Intangible, Unconventional

I want to burn as a beacon of possibility. I don't want nobody to misconstrue the commercial success I've had as anything other than an example of what black music is capable of. And what it's capable of is being more than just black. I'm not black or white anymore. I'm Cee Lo Green.

- CeeLo Green

Other, Commercial, Had, Possibility

It's hard to write a song about reality because reality doesn't rhyme.

- CeeLo Green

Song, Reality, About, Rhyme

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