"In my Secret Life"
Ten New Songs (2001)
Ashlee Simpson (1984) American singer, actress, dancer
Quoted in: Newsweek. Vol. 145, Nr. 1-13, (2005), p. xxxv
Ashlee Simpson, on her "Saturday Night Live" performance in which a voice track was miscued, revealing that she was lip-syncing, due to what she alleged later was acid reflux.
“What is my life for and what am I going to do with it? I don't know and I'm afraid.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath
Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter
"Doing What I Know" (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Doing What I Know" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlkC9AFrSNU (song on YouTube)
“I know what to do with my life. I just don't know what to do with this one night.”
Joshua Ferris Then We Came to the End
Source: Then We Came to the End
“I know what I'm doing. I know I'm shocking you.”
Miley Cyrus (1992) American actor and singer-songwriter
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist
Responding to a press conference question as to whether he was a "card-carrying" member of the Black Muslims, as quoted in The New York Times (27 February 1964) http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4091EF7355D17738DDDAE0A94DA405B848AF1D3; also in Sports Illustrated (9 March 1964). <br class="br">Context: I believe in Allah and in peace. I don't try to move into white neighborhoods. I don't want to marry a white woman. I was baptized when I was twelve, but I didn't know what I was doing. I'm not a Christian anymore. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be... I'm free to be what I want.
Tony Blair (1953) former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Full text of Blair's speech http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3697434.stm, BBC News online <br class="br">Speech to the Labour Party Conference, 28 September 2004, referring to the fact that no WMDs had been found in Iraq. <br class="br">2000s
“If I was in the mainstream, I'd began to ask myself what I'm doing wrong.”
Noam Chomsky (1928) american linguist, philosopher and activist
Quotes 2010s, 2016
Raymond Carver book What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Source: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981)
Pete Escovedo (1935) Mexican-American jazz musician and percussionist
On whether Escovedo knew he had staying power as a musician in “Pete Escovedo: Rhythms of Life” https://jazztimes.com/features/interviews/pete-escovedo-rhythms/ in Jazz Times (2017 Nov 23)
