Cee Lo Green Quotes

I cry all the time. Music makes me cry.

Everybody's the same color with the lights off.

I've been such an oddball my whole life, but I've always been cool and I've always dressed fairly smartly.

I like aggressive and sexually liberated women. It's hot to me.

So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in the '80s!

Music saved my life. The voice you hear, the soul, the pain, is that of a person who deeply, deeply, deeply appreciates the opportunity they've been given.

I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.

I'm an artist, and I like the risk - I'm not in it for the sure things.

People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!

You don't wanna hear the truth, so I'ma lie to you...make it sound fly to you.

The fact that you can love something that you've lost is all the incentive you need to love again, as opposed to becoming comfortably numb.

I believe that I am God's exact intention. It's that balance of virtue and vice.

Be free and express yourself. Do what comes naturally.

My insurance provider probably wouldn't allow me to go into a mosh pit anymore. My brain is insured by Lloyd's of London, you know what I'm saying?

A great deal of it is personal. But the persona is, I guess, the out of body experience that takes place. Because I'm not conscious of what the outcome is going to be, I'm only conscious of my intentions, do you know what I'm saying? And even my intentions were simple initially.

I called out to God, but the devil keeps answering.

Well, I've cleaned bathrooms in a warehouse. That was pretty terrible. But I can't complain because I'm sure other people have done worse.

I feel like I'm really accomplishing something with harmony and melody. Ultimately, again, I'm not a singer, some people can sing with an "I" or an "a," some people can sing and they can sang. I think I can "sang" more than anything. I'm not a formal singer and I'm an MC, but it's secondary to the second nature of just melody. You know but ultimately I'm a writer and I do soul music. Whether it's in song form or rhyme scheme, it's soul.

In my lifetime, I've come to realize that you can't depend upon other people for what you want. You can't be scared to go out and get it. You have to dream big, wish hard & chase after your goals, because no one is going to do it for you.

My style is ambiguous and lucid.

I'm not classically trained, but I am flawed in a very fantastic way!

There was a time when I didn't like myself at all. I thought I was a cruel joke. But now I've come to realise that maybe I am not cute, but I am beautiful.

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

I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.

If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! so WITH implies consent.

I like to have fun. I'm definitely sexually liberated and all that good stuff.

You have to dream big, wish hard and chase after your goals, because no one is going to do it for you.

I get to thinking about my life, and it sometimes makes me want to make it interesting.

I don't sell dope, I sell hope.

I believe hip hop is being used in some mass way to influence underachievement.

Others tell like it is, while I tell it how I would like it to be.

It's a double-headed coin, because technology is a convenience but it's stifled our attention spans. At one time, albums had songs that were like ten minutes long, with different variations and chord progressions and changes.

Like most artists, I live out of a suitcase.

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

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?

I don't judge people. I don't even judge people on 'The Voice.' I'm a coach. I'm there for constructive criticism and to aid and abet and discover new talent.

But I still feel like a normal person... I've walked the streets and I know what it feels like. I speak with humility, and apparently those songs connect with people.

Antique things have an appreciation and worth. Something can be old, but it can be timeless; therefore, it becomes an antique. If this antique is preserved and deemed precious, it could be passed down as a family heirloom.

Christina Aguilera, to me, has one of the greatest voices of our time and I got nothing but respect for her.

On a good day I think I'm handsome, on an average day I'm average. I'm a man's man so I don't necessarily know how cute we're supposed to be.

I hate hateful people.

I committed crimes of passion and my soul was suspected, But it was thrown out of court because of course the Creator and I connected. He told me, "Fear not for thou art protected. Your life is being requested.

I'm not allowed to be as liberal as I would like to be, you know? I'd do a lot more damage if I could!

Meanwhile, NBC and I plan to continue our relationship with several new co-ventures including a new music show, while we also explore our ideas for me to create and host a new show of my own. I will not go quietly into the night... expect more great music and entertainment done in my own unique unmistakable and undeniable way. The Voice has given me all the altitude and incentive to do just that. Thanks for the memories and make way for many more!