Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kenny Rogers

Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.

Richard Marx

I understand that, but this disc shows the type of music that I've always liked and wanted to make.

Richard Marx

I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do.

Susanna Hoffs

We worked so hard we almost stopped enjoying it.

Jello Biafra

We didn't have money to put out everything we wanted to put out.

Cab Calloway

We didn't have any segregation at the Cotton Club. No. The Cotton Club was wide open, it was free.

Robin Gibb

The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore.

Quincy Jones

It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this.

Quincy Jones

We spent most of our life almost like street rats just running around the street until we were ten years old.

Quincy Jones

My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related at all. They started the policy racket in Chicago, and they had the five and dime store.

Richard Berry

If I told you the words, you wouldn't believe them anyway.

Richard Berry

There is no magic. There is no secret. You need your sleep. A lot of our society tries to get by, but the truth is it is up to each individual to get their optimal sleep amount. If you get less than that you can get by temporarily, but it's only temporary.

James Agate

My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made.

James Hetfield

We do this basically for ourselves. People appreciate it, which is cool, but I think they appreciate that we're doing it for ourselves. We're doing it our way, and how people like it is not up to us. We like it.

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

John Paul Stevens

To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment?

Mahalia Jackson

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message.

Mose Allison

Traveling these days has a lot of problems and also it wears you out more.

Charlie Hunter

Yeah, well, it did earlier - but as Bobby and I have played together, our thing as a unit has become so strong that they kind of had to get in where they fit in. And most people do.

Matt Cameron

You know, whatever. I mean, with Soundgarden I'm sure everyone said we were a Led Zeppelin rip-off so, it doesn't really matter.

Chico Hamilton

You know, there are a lot of jazz players that aren't as contemporary as these young pop players are; they haven't kept up with it.

Justin Guarini

You know honestly I think Simon prepared me for the critics. Simon really prepared me for a lot of things they are saying. It just rolls off my back.

June Carter Cash

We never actually slept in the Packard, but we'd stay at these places called tourist homes. Then they got these wonderful things called motels.

James Iha

You know, it's going to be a really long tour, and well, I guess I'll see what happens with A Perfect Circle, 'cause they do other projects too, and I don't know. I hope I can always do a lot of different things, do 'em well.

Marty Robbins

I'm in this business because I despise honest labor.

Marty Robbins

I didn't choose a word or anything. I just wrote the song until it stopped.

Jack Irons

We had all remained good friends, but musically Hillel felt he was growing in their direction and they were having more success than What Is This.

Chris Frantz

We have a large band with eight people.

Gavin DeGraw

We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.

John Lothrop Motley

With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people.

Paul Desmond

I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was.

Pat Mastelotto

My roots are more in he Beatles, Zeppelin, the whole 60's side.