- Heart
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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
- Convoluted
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were a lot of bad relationships that got very convoluted up at Columbia with me, what they expected from me.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of unreleased blues stuff I did with the Apollo Theater musicians, and there was of experimenting going on for me in the mid-'60s in that studio, which I think frustrated Columbia.
- Humble
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought you had to be humble to become a saint, but a priest told me it takes all kinds to make it to heaven.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never knew I was a songwriter. I didn't even know I was a singer. My parents just got me a guitar 'cause my uncle told them to get me one, and I started fooling with it.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first tour, for six weeks straight, was with Bobby Darin, in 1958. It was just fun hanging out with him. He was older than I was; he was a college guy. It was kind of a mutual-admiration society, I guess. He taught me how to pay taxes.
- Full
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doo-wop was full of blues for me.
- Ethnic Groups
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, God's country is sirens and subways and all kinds of ethnic groups trying to cross the street all at once.
- Nov 07, 2020
Not only is fur cruel, it's also totally gross. I mean, who wants to wear the skin of an abused animal? Not me!
- Bond
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't say my mother was my best friend, because that sounds odd, but we have a really tight bond and she is my friend on Facebook. Although she only goes on it to check up on me and sometimes we argue about it.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first album done what it had to do. It introduced me.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone told me I could sing from about the age of ten. My mum was always telling me. But I was so shy, I didn't believe them. And the more that people told me, the more I went into the background and the less likely I was to sing.
- Nov 07, 2020