Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr
Edwin Starrwas an American soul singer. Starr is famous for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoul Singer
Date of Birth21 January 1942
CityNashville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
war giving
War can't give life, it can only take it away.
stars healthy competition
Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition.
peace war special
War, what's it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.
war enemy politics
War is the enemy of all mankind.
records used company
It's not like it used to be where everybody has a record company to belong to.
lucky records ifs
You can only be lucky if you have a place to record.
england would-be following
I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been.
order kind longevity
And me, myself personally, in order for there to be any kind of longevity there's gotta be some history.
together wonderful family-life
If you can make the family life and the music work together that's wonderful. If you can make it work.
world britain
I do more work in Britain than I do anywhere else in the world.
records world industry
The record industry is a world within itself.
country artist max
Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave.
people different done
Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people who take pictures, you know, carry a camera. Because if I did I'd have stack's and stack's and stack's of different act's. I got a lot here - I know what I done.