"My friend and I sang an a cappella rendition of Extreme's 'More Than Words' at one of our football pep rallies in a desperate attempt to look cool. For a while, I wore pink Converse All Stars because I thought it made me seem daring and irreverent"
- Ed Helms
About this Quote
In this quote, the speaker, Ed Helms, is reflecting on a memory from his past. He and his buddy performed a version of the song "More Than Words" by Extreme at a football pep rally. The use of the term "a cappella" recommends that they sang with no musical accompaniment, using just their voices. The factor for this performance was to attempt and appear cool to their peers. The speaker likewise discusses using pink Converse All Stars, which he believed made him seem daring and irreverent. This reveals the speaker's desire to suit and be seen as cool, even if it suggested trying to be somebody he wasn't.
This quote is written / told by Ed Helms somewhere between January 24, 1974 and today. He/she was a famous Comedian from USA.
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