Quotes by german authors

I love making music. I love that it's unstructured, that I get to go perform and play in front of people, to meet new people. I love to do the thing I'm best at every day. Bibi Bourelly

Love Music Best Day Every Day People Every Meet Perform New Making Go New People Get Front Play Thing

One of the biggest challenges for me is that I'm still a human being. I'm a very imperfect human being. I'm very open about the fact that I'm not trying to pretend to be better than anyone else. Bibi Bourelly

We cannot afford to have lies in music. Bibi Bourelly

Music We Cannot Lies Afford Cannot

I was born in Berlin, and when I was 6, my mom passed. When I was 9, I moved to near Washington, D.C., where I lived with my aunt and uncle. And then at 11, I moved back to Berlin. And then at 16, I got in trouble in school and moved back to the Washington area. Bibi Bourelly

Mom School Uncle Trouble Back Berlin Born Area Got Passed Aunt Moved Where Then Washington Lived Near

My songs are always on the tip of my tongue. It's always bubbling and brewing and about to come out. I can't really put it into words, but the best way to explain it is feeling like you constantly have some things on the tip of your tongue. Bibi Bourelly

My dad is Jean-Paul Bourelly, a really prestige guitar player in Europe, and he toured with Miles Davis. I was always surrounded by the most prestige kind of musicians from Senegal, Trinidad, Poland, Nigeria, and all around the world. Bibi Bourelly

Working with Rihanna has changed my life. Bibi Bourelly

Life My Life Changed Rihanna Working

I want music to really unite people, more than the way a pop single unites people. I want to unite people through their pain and really change mentalities, change minds, and change perspectives. Bibi Bourelly

Music Change People Single Pain Minds Way More Through Than Want Perspectives Really Pop Unite Unites

I think a lot of my angst comes from feeling unaccepted. Bibi Bourelly

Feeling Think Angst Lot

Me going to college was not an option. Bibi Bourelly

Me College Option Going

I believe that everything in life happens for a reason. Boris Becker

Life Believe Everything Life Happens Happens Reason

How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter? Boris Becker

I believed in raising my children as I had been raised. Boris Becker

Had Been Children Believed Raised Raising

I don't know how many millions of photographs have been taken of me. Boris Becker

Me Photographs Taken Know How Been Many Millions

I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading. Boris Becker

Great Month Favourite About Tournament Talk Sport Go Just

I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom. Boris Becker

I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility. Boris Becker

Time Me Responsibility Long Long Time Advice Met Gave Mine Lawyers Wrong Accept Accepted Arranged Test Child Refused Should Her

I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble. Boris Becker

Me Picture Big Reading Thinking Papers Television About Bubble Tennis Had Said Big Picture Manager Any Coach Notice Kept

That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things. Boris Becker

The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago. Boris Becker