Top 172 Quotes & Sayings by Ginuwine

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Ginuwine.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Elgin Baylor Lumpkin, better known by his stage name Ginuwine, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. He began his career as a member of Swing Mob in the early 1990s. Signing to Epic Records as a solo artist in the mid-1990s, Ginuwine has released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He had significant commercial success with his first four albums: Ginuwine...The Bachelor, 100% Ginuwine, The Life (Platinum), and The Senior (Gold). According to Billboard, Ginuwine has sold roughly 10 million albums in the US. Ginuwine received the Urban Music Icon award at the 2021 Black Music Honors.

American - Actor | Born: October 15, 1970

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I'm actually a Dallas Cowboys fan.

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As you grow, you learn and talk about different things.

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Well the first record is something that you just put so much into. And the second record, people always talk about the sophomore jinx and everything, but I was still able to get through it and still focus on what I needed to do and make timeless music.

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I love women, I love being around women, I love to learn.

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When you're doing an album, you need to come up with something new, be creative.

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I remind myself to stay down to earth so I can keep in touch with my audience.

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I'm game for a lot of things. But I won't disrespect myself in any way.

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Once we put 'So Anxious' out, it was a wrap.

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I've pretty much always been in the limelight. A star in my own right.

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When people come to see me, they'll see what they know me for. Hits from the past, but I always mix in a little something new. New stuff. Old stuff. It creates a great show. There's a lot of crowd participation. A lot of interaction and energy. That's what I do best.

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I always felt that I was never acknowledged for a lot of things - award shows, all of that.

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I didn't have my mom or my dad or cousins or anybody to guide me. I was around a whole bunch of wolves... I was just like, 'Lord, just guide me and weed these snakes out of my life.'

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I don't want to change who I am.

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Absolutely I view life from a different perspective than I did in my past. It's rewarding, to me, because it actually lets me know that I am growing up.

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I thought I could get myself into the music business by doing paralegal work. I was just trying to get in any way I could.

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A lot of times, men like to keep stuff in and that's the worst thing that you can do.

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If anybody in the business can capture the spirit of 'Pony,' it would have to be Rihanna.

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Everybody plays basketball in D.C. Not on a team. Just around the way. Anywhere. I actually loved basketball.

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It's always good to have friends, but it's really about family. When you're younger, that isn't always clear. With friends it's about going out and kicking it. You learn that's not where it ends up.

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With me and Timbaland, we would always be at the studio, but working separately. He would be doing his thing with the beats and I would be doing my thing writing and then we would both come together and say 'OK, you add this to it and I'll add that to it.'

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Tyrese is one of my best friends in the business.

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You've gotta be humble. That's what I've been throughout my whole career.

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I made my statement... I had my foot in the '90s.

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I'm laid back, I'm genuine, I'm easy to get along with.

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Look at the New Kids on the Block, the Back Street Boys and *NSYNC... all those boy bands happened because of New Edition.

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I've stood the test of time, weathered a lot of storms and hurdled a lot of obstacles.

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I don't think no one out there can entertain better than I can.

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The fatherhood thing is easy - when you're there.

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See, every thing in show business is a lie. It ain't all it's cracked up to be. You are in situations where you are forced to think that you are better than everybody else because of the pedestal the fans place you on. It's a lie. This is just a job, a high-profile job. You have to keep that in perspective and not get caught up in the hype.

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We can't control everything in our lives. Sometimes you're No. 2, 3, 4 or 5. That doesn't matter. What matters is that you strive to be No. 1.

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I write the best songs I can.

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Anyone should have the right to say no if they don't want someone to kiss them or touch them or date them or anything.

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My heart always likes to give, and if I'm going to help somebody it might as well be someone who can't help themselves.

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I was inspired by James Brown, Michael Jackson and Prince.

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I try to be drama free.

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People who come to see me have expectations. If I don't live up to those expectations, I'd be a failure.

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I like to keep some things secret. Otherwise, there's no mystique about you.

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I've grown a lot since my first record came out - even since 'Back II da Basics' was released in 2005.

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It's good to plan, but you just never know.

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I want to reach back to when R&B meant something, to when it made impressions on people.

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It's important to show love to the people that came before you.

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I know music is just powerful in itself and to have someone say the words that I sat down and wrote changed their life or made them feel a certain way, that hits something in you.

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I don't like the way a lot of music is going these days. No one buys it.

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Once you put your mind to something, your mind is very strong.

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Tyrese was my best man at my wedding.

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Michael Jackson is the greatest musical influence on me. He's my man. Musically, he is the one artist I want to be like.

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Everybody is inspired by someone.

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Even though I didn't continue with my therapy, I went to church and received counseling from my pastor and got straight spiritually. I was able to turn away from all those things that were destroying me and finally think clearly.

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That's why I named my album 'The Life,' because it's appreciating life and not taking it for granted and living it day by day.

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Since Bobby Brown, I was the first one to be in my video taking my shirt off and showing the 6-pack and 8-pack. Other people weren't cut like that.

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I'm not the same young man I was when I first got into music.

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You have to grow with the music.

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I love to stay busy.

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Back in the day, when 'Pony' came out, I don't believe there was anyone that could dance like me.

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I've always been attracted to acting as soon as I did my first video.

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When you're doing good, everybody praises you. But when everything's all gone, a lot of people are nowhere to be found. So you always just believe in yourself, do it yourself and you won't be let down.

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Pony' was one of the biggest songs of my career. It was really hard to follow that up.

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I don't look at certain things on TV anymore. I don't listen to certain music anymore. I make sure my kids don't listen to it. It's funny because back in the days I could look at comedy shows and all kind of stuff and you didn't even realize how much cursing it had in it.

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On every album you can see my growth.

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Differences' is the biggest song in my career. It beat 'Pony,' it beat 'So Anxious' and 'None of Ur Friends Business' as far as popularity and spins.

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