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american-musician music
Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future. Dexter Gordon
american-musician people truth
It's the truth and people need to hear the truth. Della Reese
american-musician closer
When I wrote those two songs, I couldn't have been any closer to the bottom. Don Gibson
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Taking time to sit back and watch and think about what you've seen is important. Traveling did a great deal to me. I found that when I travel and just sit in the corner and watch, a million ideas come to me. Lionel Richie
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Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen. Kenny Rogers
american-musician kept outlive written
I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one thing they had in common was Sinatra. Michael Bolton
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It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.
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A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra.
american-musician
If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing. Peter Steele
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But when they needed love or help or had a problem of any kind, they could always go to Roselle because she was always there for them. That was not always the case with me. Perry Como
american-musician fairly
But we do have a golf course near by and I play fairly regularly.
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For the amount of talent I had - and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke - I enjoyed a tremendous career.
american-musician job trying
I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done. Peabo Bryson
american-musician aretha basically
If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.
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There weren't any white people in this country who didn't know who Gladys Knight was. Or the Pips were, as far as that's concerned.
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The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.
american-musician attempt lives money people
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.
american-musician crossover
I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason. Reba McEntire
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We played all of the songs on the first Johnny Winter AND every day before we recorded them, so that when we got in the studio, it was totally easy, as we knew exactly what we wanted to do. Rick Derringer
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Brenda did some little vocal arrangements for us and she got to sing as well. So, we're happy to be able to work together and that's another reason why we look forward to doing more of these.
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Johnny was great in the studio; he was there to make the music that he wanted to make. We lived right beside each other and had a rehearsal studio that was just ours, with nobody else using it, it was part of Johnny's house, so we could rehearse every day.
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I've always been a guy who's pretty supportive, its just my nature, so I came in to the situation with the attitude that I wanted to support Johnny and make it work.
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The first time I heard Johnny play at the Fillmore East, I wasn't really impressed. He had come on the scene with everybody telling me how great he was, and I didn't hear it.
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I want the people of New Jersey to jump off a cliff like Kurt Vonnegut so I can show them how to fly. This way, nobody needs to grow any wings, which would be impossible anyway because we're humans and not some kind of bird. Richie Sambora
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I understand that, but this disc shows the type of music that I've always liked and wanted to make. Richard Marx
american-musician best prior record
I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.
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As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.
american-musician batch pick
I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do.
american-musician living
It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living.
american-musician believe
Just believe in what you're doing, and keep doing it. Ricky Nelson
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The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness. Richard Stallman
american-musician anybody sings yelling
Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help. Mahalia Jackson
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This is the band I always wanted to be in. Phil Anselmo