Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mickey Gilley

I had seventeen No. 1 songs and I didn't see anything like that kind of money.

Jack Irons

In 1993, Eleven released their second record, which was self-titled. We began a stretch of touring that included opening for Soundgarden.

Marie Osmond

In my case, my progesterone levels didn't even register. I was at zero. And by the time I actually got help five months later they were still at zero.

Gavin DeGraw

I mean, I cut my hair with a pocketknife.

Jackie DeShannon

I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.

Dee Dee Ramone

I like it when Iggy Pop plays his old stuff, so I know how the fans feel. But it was my show, so I made the final decisions on what was played.

Hasil Adkins

I'm gonna retire but I'm not gonna retire totally from the music. I'm just gonna retire where I can go back and cut what I wanna cut at home.

Jewel

I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.

Suzy Bogguss

I'm definitely not ready to move into something else. I'm having so much fun.

Ike Turner

I'm really shopping for a record deal, and I haven't had a chance to go around to the record companies yet. So far I just pressed up a few of them.

Puff Daddy

I just want to put positive energy out there. I'm not saying a curse word is putting out negative energy, but it depends what mood you're in.

Krist Novoselic

I kind of discovered my voice for the first time, and the more I did it, the better it got.

Janet Jackson

I kinda see everyone as competition. I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good. Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

Alan Jackson

I just always remembered that, not that it pushed me to be a singer, but I don't know why he said that. Hee Haw was a big part of my life, musically.

Solomon Burke

I learned a great deal from Atlantic. Atlantic taught me how to walk in this life of music, it taught me how to fall and how to get myself back up.

Billy Eckstine

I have one son who's a drummer and then one son writes scripts and another daughter is a model, so they're all doing their thing.

Billy Sheehan

I'm a fan of a lot of classical music.

Janet Jackson

I love working with organizations. I love giving. I want to do more of that. You got to give back. I love helping people, especially children.

Rosanne Cash

I love live performance because it only happens for that two hours or whatever. It's so ephemeral and that makes it so beautiful to me.

Jimmy Carl Black

The fans have been very nice to me and I might say that all those fans that Frank said went away is not so.

Bill Dixon

The Canadians, by the paucity of invitations that have been extended to me to do things there, have obviously never been that enamored with my work.

Blu Cantrell

The first thing I would do is try to figure out why men think the way they think. I would love to know what goes through a man's mind.

Rita Coolidge

The first record company was in Japan, and then we came back to U.S., and Concord Records was the label that came on board. I love Concord.

Steve Forbert

The challenge remains the songwriting, and just trying to continue with songs you feel you can sing every night, and to keep the quality of songs up.

Godfried Danneels

The collaboration with the episcopacy that theologians enjoyed at the time of the Second Vatican Council no longer seems to be their experience.

Justin Guarini

The film I think was a good film for what it was designed for. It was for kids. Unfortunately the critics slashed it before it even started but that is just the way the cookie crumbles.

Mel Tillis

And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, 'cause I'd do that in school, but I wouldn't do it out there in front of all them people.

Stone Gossard

And I look forward to the time when I can become more indulgent with my songwriting. But this band is a family, and it's a process that we have to grow with together.

And I'll tell you something, man, usually our sets are 45 minutes, maybe do an encore or two, maybe tops we'll play for an hour.

Jack Irons

The end of 1996 and beginning of 1997 brought a Pearl Jam European tour and the beginnings of preparation for the recordings of "Yield.

Clay Aiken

The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from rising each time you fall. A person is defined by what he chooses to do with his life, not by what happens to him.

Moses Hadas

The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.

Sam Rivers

The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.