- Humor
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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
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making of me... and also the downfall of me.
- Half
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm careful, controlled, bodily conservative: if someone offered me a pill I'd only ever take a half.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
At school, I was always daydreaming and fiddling in inkwells, but I had to learn to grow up and become articulate. And doing that was what brought me into writing songs. It's like therapy for me, because it exposes what I'm really thinking.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cut an imposing figure. I am large, and I'm tall, and I have tattoos. I am actually really quiet and shy, but maybe people see me, and they don't want to step out of line, or equate disagreement with stepping out of line with a writer they like.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I criticise myself an awful lot. I do worry to the point that I don't think it's very healthy. I'm always picking my flaws. It's a terrible anxiety I have. I wish I could pretend nothing fazes me, but it does.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like that putdown: that when you're trying to achieve, you're trying to be white. That makes me mad.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year.
- Nov 07, 2020
Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on me.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most frustrating thing at Villa was the perceived view fans had of me, that certain people at the club painted. That of a mercenary who was happy sitting on the sidelines taking his wages.
- Egg
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- Nov 07, 2020