CeeLo Green
CeeLo Green
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, better known by his stage name CeeLo Green, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth30 May 1974
CountryUnited States of America
believe existence life master plight time
I believe that the plight of life and all existence is to master one's self, you know, one day at a time.
music time
I cry all the time. Music makes me cry.
ambiguous time top
My style is ambiguous and lucid. I wish to be signified but not summed up. I don't want to have to go over the top each time.
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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.
cruel maybe realise time
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.
emotion possessed shells simply time until
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.
brushing fan gently music seems underneath written
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.
good means music spreading word
Music is a means of spreading the good word and spreading positivity and productivity. Those things speak to me.
artist definitely episode famous gave music
Music definitely gave me a focus. I was an artist without an outlet. Let's just say if I was not famous, I could have been infamous. I could've had my own episode of 'American Gangster.'
bands pop realise ruled
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!
reminded rhymes
My first rap name was Ralo. Because my first name is Carlos. I likened myself to what Busta Rhymes was doing when he first came out. And what Onyx did when they first came out - they reminded me of me.
cleaned people
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.
brink crossing entire lose threshold work
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.
generous life loving nice people younger
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!