- 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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul.
- Favorite
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Paul McCartney tells me that so-and-so song is his favorite song, what do I care? What do I care what anybody else says?
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 'Daryl's House' thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Internet allows me to be more free.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
For years and years, I was beset with snide remarks by certain members of the press, where they would turn John Oates into a joke, or they would trivialize what I do, which never really bothered me all that much.
- Street
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you see me walking down the street, you're gonna see the same guy as you do on stage, dressed the same, looking the same, and nothing changes. I'm just one person.
- Bouncing
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a singer, I float around. I'm kind of scatty, bouncing around a lot. I try to adapt to what's going on around me in the song and the arrangement.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are horses people use for competition, and if they don't perform well or go lame, then people ask the vet to put them down to get the insurance money. And my vet knows I love horses, so he gives them to me.
- Organic
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- Nov 07, 2020
So organic farming practices are something that, to me, are interlinked with the idea of using biodiesel.
- Guerilla
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been using the same editor, thankfully, she's been sticking with me, but I've been doing it full-on guerilla style... I haven't gotten any public sponsor or anything, because I don't want to seem like I'm trying to sell any particular thing.
- Research
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that when I play reality-based characters, it is only as fun for me if I have a lot of time to do research. If I don't it just isn't exciting but if I do, it can be fun because I can learn about that person and the world that they live in and I can become somebody else.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My two must-haves are my cell phone and my MacBook Pro laptop, which allows me to update my Web site from wherever I am, whether I'm in Africa or in Sun Valley skiing.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my husband tells our daughter, 'You get that trait from Mom,' she lights up with pride. We all know who he's talking about. And it's not me. I'm fine with this.
- Outdoors
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first sport was volleyball, and then somebody told me about cross-country. They said it was outdoors, coed, and everybody got to participate. And I said, 'That is the sport for me!'
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020