Gallant
Gallant
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
people
People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
matching super vibe
When I was in New York, the whole vibe was really just not matching with me. I was kind of super depressed in New York. It just had this vibe of 'Get out,' you know? I would try to get out, and we'd look back and just see the city and feel like, 'Oh, I have to go back to prison again.'
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I remember keeping a lot of journals and diaries and trying to form a complete thought just based off of those immediate, raw feelings. If anything, I was conscious about how I just always wanted to be as honest as possible, no matter how vulnerable it would make me seem.
almost
My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.
knew
I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.
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People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
It got into my blood, ... It got into my system.
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It is huge for us. There are a lot of games where I say we played well but we get no points. Tonight we didn't play well and we got the points. I would rather take the two points.
cut la mode pie
I cut my two cheeseburgers and pie a la mode to one cheeseburger.
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Bryan?s moved on. It was a tough situation for the guy, but he?s put it behind him and kept himself ready to play.
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He (Malhotra) put the puck on the net and we had traffic in front of the net. It was one of the few times that we had bodies in front of the net tonight. The guys worked hard for it.
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We can look so good on two or three power plays a night. And then on the rest of them we looked like we?d never been on a power play in our lives.
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Groups opposed to the merger will press the Hill to spend time investigating the deal, and the key committees have limited bandwidth to deal with all these telecom issues.