- Good
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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.
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- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm here now because of my faith. That's what got me singing and what has kept me singing. That is what I have: what has kept me doing right and has provided me with the chances and the attitude and the skills to do this.
- I Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the Creator renews me.
- Great Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my solo albums were produced by different people who had their idea of what songs I should do, and they had me doing a lot of ballads.
- Judge
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doo-wop is the true music to me, man. Doo-wop was what nurtured me and grew me into who I am, and I guess even when I was in school, the teacher probably thought I had ADD or something every day, because I'd be beating on the desks, singing like the Flamingos or the Spaniels or Clyde McPhatter or somebody.
- Partners
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
So I went in front of the judge, and I had my St. Jude prayer book in my pocket and my St. Jude medal. And I'm standing there and that judge said I was found guilty, so he sentenced me to what the law prescribed: one to 14 years.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
We used to play football on the levee, with no shirts on in the summer - August in New Orleans - and my skin would turn red. They'd call me Redskin, Red Apache, then it turned around to Apache Red.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020