Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names.
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A name, of course is like a piece of clothing, isn't it? It gives you an impression right away.
You could have names like Hatred; you could have names that mean something like Suffering or Poverty. So names are not just names: names have real meaning, and they tend to tell the world about the circumstances of your parents at the time that you were born.
I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.
I make up names for people all the time - it's part of writing. Very often, the name comes with the character, along with of a sense of who they are and what they do.
Traditionally with debut albums, labels insist on a face, so people know who you are.
Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.
After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies.
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
Somebody said to me, 'Whenever somebody says your name, a smile comes to their face.' That's a great accolade. I strive to keep it that way.
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