Roland Gift

I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it. ↗

— Roland Gift

#build #car #change #change things #changes

It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light. ↗

— Roland Gift

#brightly #burn #dim #half #light

Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure. ↗

— Roland Gift

#company #even #failure #feeling #had

While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself. ↗

— Roland Gift

#big #birmingham #early #growing #growing up