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Ignorance is kind of bliss.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Bliss
Ignorance
Kind
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Lord, we don't need another mountain.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Religion
Mountain
Religious
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What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Needs
Sweet
Sweet Love
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Execute
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Put a little love in your heart, and the world will be a better place.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Peace
Heart
Special
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I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Art
Art School
School
Thinking
Great Deal
Helped
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And unless you have that sense of being creative, people think you're just working all the time.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Creative People
Creativity
People
Thinking
Time People Think
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The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Exposure
Giving
Stories
Vanity
Vanity Fair
Great Me Happy
Fair
Great Deal
Page
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I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Percussion
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Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Littles
Mischievous
Redneck
Joker
Elvis
Practical
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There was a lot of great writing couples, but I try to do it all myself. And it was practically impossible, but I still managed to be ahead of my time.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Impossible
My Time
Time Great Myself
Ahead
Couples
Practically
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I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Beautiful
Bergman
People
Thinking
Time Beautiful Mind
Images
Pictures
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I was lucky enough to first meet Elvis at his house in Bel Air and he used to invite different artists, singers and musicians, to come and jam with him at his house.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Air
Artist
House
Jam
Singers
Elvis
Invite
Musicians
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I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of his, a lifetime fan, there were just too many highlights.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Careers
Impossible
Lifetime
Redneck
Thinking
Elvis
Highlight
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Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Generosity
Redneck
Thinking
Writing
Work Always Me
Elvis
Work Me Singing
Spoke
Talked
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I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Muse
Painting
Want
Perfectly
Stark
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I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and having that rhythm and blues - the blues background was my big inspiration.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Gospel Music
Growing Up
Inspiration
Rhythm
South
Thinking
Background
Gospel
Music Me Singing
Blues
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There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Doe
Song
Springsteen
Writing
Charts
Dominate
Paul
Paul Simon
Simon
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No, I got my web site going and said I have the record out. People were just falling on the floor - they couldn't believe it - after all that time. You know, it wasn't a compilation, it was new songs.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Believe
Compilation
Fall
New Songs
Site
Song
Time Believe People
Falling
Floor
Web
Web Site
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I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Kings
Describing
Generous
Performers
Rock And Roll
Rocks
Thinking
Always King Me
Elvis
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And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Empty
Long
Mesmerized
Remember You
Remembers You
Tears
Always World Long
Breaking
Elvis
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And being away and not performing for a long time and really connecting with my audience for a long time, I have a great responsibility to myself and to them to do it exactly the way the process was when I was young.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Connecting
Great Responsibility
Long
Performing
Responsibility
Way
Time Great Myself
Exactly The Way
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I've always been careful to put out the very best work I can. One of the things I value the most is the love and faith that people have given me over the years, so I try to live up to their expectations and my own standards of what I'm capable of.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Expectations
People
Years
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When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Good Fortune
Impossible
Performing
Records
Thinking
Trying
Elvis
Practically
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When I was writing songs or performing or producing or dabbling in movies or even putting my career on hold to go to art school, I was just following my muse. A woman who did that then was criticized for having no direction. Today they call it versatility.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Art
Song
Writing
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Genius
Passion
Standards
Strong
Advised
Geniuses
So-Called
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When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
House
Nightmare
People
Trying
Always People Doing
Anywhere
Elvis
Gate
Sneaking
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Most of the time I sit down with my guitar or at the piano, and I play for awhile until I get a new riff or groove that I like a lot. Then I'll concentrate on building around that line of thought by adding words and textures. At first I'm only trying to please myself, and hopefully what I like will appeal to others.
Jackie Deshannon / Singer-Songwriter
Guitar
Piano
Play
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