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Ike Moriz
57 quotes
“Countries, borders and flags build walls between all of us. Music can break them down and unite us.”
Ike Moriz (born 1972) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in this Cosmopolitan Magazine interview in English, Hot Talent: "Ike Moriz, 31, Singer and Songwriter”, page 32, South Africa, 01.08.2006
“You become a slave to the song. It (recording and producing a song) becomes a spiritual experience.”
Ike Moriz (born 1972) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in this Die Burger interview in Afrikaans, German finds his muse in the Cape, page 6, Cape Town, South Africa, 07.06.2013
“You always have what it takes, otherwise, it wouldn’t have taken you!”
Ike Moriz (born 1972) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in this Get It Magazine interview, Movers & Shakers about town, page 35, Cape Town, South Africa, 01.07.2013
“I love people and building bridges between them. There is nothing as fascinating as human nature, except the gloriously vague expression on the face of a cat.”
Ike Moriz (born 1972) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in this Get It Magazine interview, Movers & Shakers about town, page 35, Cape Town, South Africa, 01.07.2013
“It’s always just about the music. I’ve got to be true to who I am. Music is my religion. My way of communicating. When I write a song, I feel like the music is coming through me. It’s a beautiful experience to write a song that becomes something that has an influence on other peoples’ lives.”
Ike Moriz (born 1972) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in this The Bay Magazine interview, article 95., cover story, The Man behind the voice, September 2010 issue, by Romy Gordon, South Africa.
“Having performed ... in front of audiences in twenty different countries, I’ve noticed how certain melodies have the ability to connect and uplift both the audience and the musicians. I’m privileged to present these timeless classics with a group of excellent artists who share my attitude of putting the creation of beautiful, entertaining music above all else.”
Ike Moriz (born 1972) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in this Netwerk 24 interview, 24 December 2018, by Elmarie Anthony, South Africa.
“Music has always been an “exhilarating exploration of the world and my soul”
Ike Moriz (born 1972) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in this The Sentinel News interview, 4 August 2023, by Karen Watkins, South Africa.
“Raised and doped with illusion - Download god. I know I'm in trouble when I'm seeing double. Come on, make me scream!”
“You could thrill me. You could kiss me. You could kill me. You could miss me.”
“Like a crushed piece of flesh on the boiling motorway: No beginning like the end, the great, grand end with your face in the sand.”
“Fall into the sun. Oh, be one. Oh, be gone.”
“Your flaming tongue strikes again like the insect's deadly flight into the light, bright, holy white. I crave your kissing bite. Oh, fool me.”
“Sisyphus cracked the rock and built himself a big, big castle. Now he runs up and down the stairs, longing to be blessed with pain again”
“I see you shiver in the wind. Catch your thoughts, seal my mind. Visionary - breaking down walls of ice and stone and time and thought.”
“Time rushes by. Some blur memories, then we fly.”
“When she walked through me, all I could do was watch and say "Hey, hey-hey, hey".”
“Have you laughed your laughs, my friend? Will you ever fall in love again?”
“Crawling on your knees through the desert sand. Your dress is torn and blood on your hand. The Southern Cross, a giant tower of light. Your silhouette, your laughter - then your bite! I feel real.”
“The world's all gone to pieces - Hangin' upside down. You might as well deep-freeze us until the cure is found. And every time the sun - And every time the sun, that blazing, callous gun, will rise again.”
“Thinking of your smile makes me crawl for a mile through the rain, you know.”
“Nothing we can't buy: rhino-horn with ham”
“Give your heart to the devil - you get a cell phone for free, yah! Bigger, faster and louder - Pretend we cannot see”
“A craving for the haven that is on no maps”
“Oceans of time passing through space, beings and things – come and slip away. Like tears in a stream drift into the sea, no shape, no soul – faint memories of dreams.”
“I’m going down in the 7th round of this fight that I thought was just a joke.”
“Sunny’s with him on the run - his friend Sunny is a gun.”
“To be able to run you gotta learn how to walk with these demons inside.”
“Countries, borders, anthems and flags keep us apart those ancient gags. All their speeches, adverts and hymns to feed their greed and keep us dim. Call me insane, call me brave, but I won't slave for the pharaoh's grave. I’d rather dance my life away for this could be our final day.”
“Limousines and pearls - she wants to rule the world. Assassins in the brain - the white light leaves no stain. Money in his hand - waiting for the man, who’ll steal his soul away. This is our last dance!”
“Tonight, I saw a star breaking through the clouds, oblivious to its light – just like you.”
“His thoughts are flowing like a straightened river into the ocean.”
“Every day that you’re gone, I think of you. The colours of your portrait never dry.”
“When your eyes are shut, you start seeing in ways that we’ve always known! Living so many ways of shaping these days - and feel those rays warm the skin on our face.”
“Holding on to the same old ground, when all inside is screaming ‘out’!”
“Our mirrors are you and me and through them, we learn to see.”
“All these days that I strive so hard to calm the waves of the oceans and seas with the palm of my hand. Every day like a lifetime – oh, save me a piece, a piece of the cake. Past, just like a haze – trying all so hard to cling to fake. And still, I haven’t worked it out that there’s nothing to work out. Still, I haven’t worked it out that there’s nothing, there’s nothing”
“As the number plates drift by, my restless scanning eyes search for you.”
“Fake-flower-flattery, broken glass, ancient rituals - a farce. I close my eyes and gaze at the stars. Fatal scent engraved on the brain, crumpled words spring to life in the rain, shape a face or just a stain. You come, you go and all this time, I strive, I die, I fall in love. And all that is new, is just another you.”
“You’ve taught me to blend in, wearing your fake cobra skin; It fits so tight, I can’t breathe in, but you make me hang in. Oh, every time and time again, you aim to stop my fire with paraffin. And while I play the mandolin, you’re dancing with Rumpelstiltskin; Oh, I can hold my breath for longer than you think.”
“Soon, the red of dawn will rise and you and I will close our eyes; Escape together from the light until we meet again tonight. I wanna see you in the night.”
“Have you danced in the rain - seen all your money go down the drain? Picked yourself up with nothing to lose? Let someone else sing the blues! Ride this crazy life – day by day!”
“You walk with shoes on fire while you complain about the smoke.”
“Smile at strangers on the London tube.”
“Oh, the teachers told me he is real. Yeah, the preachers told me he is real. If you buy into, into their fear, oh, the devil is real in your mind.”
“This time something’s wrong. This time I hear no song. This time, I feel this could be real, this could be love.”
“I finally came to see that all I ever was and all I’ll ever be is always here.”
“There’s no such thing as fairness; There must be other plans for us. No existence of justice; Our laws just build walls between us. There’s no such thing as freedom from the results of our deeds. No easy way in or out of this life, no escape from our needs.”
“Why, people chasing their tails, day in day out; Stepping on each other’s dreams; Trying to buy something that can’t be bought - until their lights are out.”
“Your flair, your style, your élègance: No matter where we are, it feels like France.”
“After all to have it all, feel 10ft tall and one with all in this moment.”