Roland Gift's Quotes
Born: 1962-05-28
Profession: Actor
Nation: British
Biography of 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.
Tags: Car, Change, MoneyIt's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.
Tags: Burn, Half, LightI jumped off the wheel of fortune because I wanted to simplify things. Now I've fulfilled my obligations to myself by making my new record. I'd like it to sell millions of copies, but my self - worth is not based on chart positions.
Tags: Off, Self, WantedOur 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.
Tags: Failure, Feeling, SuccessWhile 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.
Tags: Big, Growing, While