- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my least favourite thing to listen to is perfect songs, perfect performances. They don't feel human to me, and in that respect ,they lose any kind of sincerity. I don't know why. It's just my ears.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was very influential with the music he exposed me to. He was really into blues and folk, so he'd play me guys like Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker and Richie Havens - a lot of very emotional players.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They're there for me every time.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to me by my parents, but because of an inner voice or maybe a command from beyond reality as it is usually defined.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some have called we rock and roll performers who never retire 'troubadours.' I enjoy this misnomer immensely. While there are many differences between me and my distant predecessors in L'Occitane, I do believe there is a lineage that connects us of the last 70 years with those romantic singers of the High Middle Ages.
- Jealous
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.
- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 24, my head was as shiny as a cue ball on a billiard table. I naturally thought this meant curtains. Actually, I found it helped. When I was too young to play real character parts, they mistook me for older because of the bald noggin. I got juicy roles right from the start.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm kind of the antithesis of a comedian. People that don't like me will agree with that.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's never occurred to me to worry about my health, or that I'll get old, or that people will stop laughing at me.
- Loneliness
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sense of loneliness was not particularly great until I reached sixty. From that time on, I would have given an ex-king's ransom if I had been able, in my youth to seduce a lady into thinking of me as a handyman and provider around the house.
- Nov 07, 2020