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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
- Good Deal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been around long enough to know that a good deal of the praise heaped on me I had nothing to do with. The only thing I did object to was the fact that where the criticism was actually wrong. Did it bother me? Of course it bothered me. But I've been around long enough to have ups and downs. So you get over it.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If somebody had said to me in June or July of 1987, 'We'd like you to become chairman of the Federal Reserve, but you're never allowed to discuss any economics after you leave,' I'd have said, 'Forget it.' What do they want me to do? Become an anthropologist?'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man who is in control, and inside there is a frightened child - that interests me. Why? You can draw your own conclusions.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
For some reason I've been labeled that and it's fine, but there are a lot of other artists that sing real traditional stuff, so I don't know why they picked me. That's what I've always done.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
He's written some great songs. I thought that 'Blues Man' was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced me in the past.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother kept asking me, 'When are you going to do a gospel album?' And I've always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oklahoma's always been good to me.
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- Nov 07, 2020