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I'm a big fan of comedy music.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Big Fan
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I'm a terrible trumpet player.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Trumpet
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I'm a terrible trumpet player...
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Player
Terrible
Trumpets
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Everything is beautiful in its own way.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Beautiful
Philosophy
Way
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Whatever you think, don't never, unless you will.
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Take your love and put it where the sun don't shine.
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Shining
Sun
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If 10% is good enough for Jesus, it oughta be enough for Uncle Sam.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Jesus
Uncles
Politics
Good Enough
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Do you qualify to be alive or is the limit of your senses so as to survive?
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Alive
Limits
Senses
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I originally passed on Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
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I just love music in general. I've been a fan of all different kinds of music since I can remember.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Different Kinds
Love Music Remember
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George Jones may be gone but his music will live on forever. What a great voice and a great friend.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Forever
Gone
Voice
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I originally passed on 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Originally
Passed
Thomas
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Osama, yo Mama didn't raise you right. When you were young, she must have wrapped your turban too tight.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Politics
Mama
Turbans
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People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Comedy
People
Song
Love Songs
So-Called
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Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called Raunchy.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Bills
Musician
Player
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Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called 'Raunchy.'
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Musician
Saxophone
Arranger
Big Hit
Bill
Mine
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I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Careers
Ideas
Music Business
No Idea
Sustain
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They call him the Streak, he likes to turn the other cheek. He's always making the news, wearing just his tennis shoes.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Shoes
Social Taboos
Tennis
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I'm not just a singer of funny songs; I am basically, first and foremost, a musician. I'm always recording all styles of music.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Musician
Foremost
Recording
Styles
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The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and it becomes very influential.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Funny
Brain
Funny Things
Human Brain
Influential
Melody
Right Words
Susceptible
Tempo
Words
Very
Becomes
Human
Funny Thing
Put
Right
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As you know, I played a little trumpet with Elvis. I overdub a few drum licks here and there on a session, but I'm not a drummer by any means.
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Session
Drum
Elvis
Trumpet
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Take the wonder drug that cures all your ills, take Jeremiah Peabody's polyunsaturated, quick dissolving, fast acting, pleasant tasting, green and purple pills.
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Drug
Purple
Reality
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I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records and writing songs and singing and being in the music business.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Music Business
Tired
Love Business Music
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I saw Louis Armstrong perform at Albany State College on Radio Springs Road. He was probably the first famous individual I saw in concert. Unfortunately, I never did get to meet him.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Famous
Albany
Armstrong
Radio
Springs
Louis
Perform
Concert
Unfortunately
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I'm basically a keyboard player, so if it's got a keyboard on it, I'll give it a shot. I played a lot of organ in the early days. I can make a few chords on guitar, but that's about it.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Chords
Early Days
Organ
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I kinda halfway paid attention to politics during my early years, but the older you get, the more you realize it's very important to pay attention to who gets elected. They can ruin the country.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Attention
Halfway
Paid
Pay
Pay Attention
Early
Early Years
Elected
Gets
Older
Realize
Ruin
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Everything is beautiful in it's own way. Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter's day. And everybody's beautiful in their own way. Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find the way.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Nature
Beautiful
Summer
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There is none so blind as he who will not see. We must not close our minds, we must let our thoughts be free. For every hour that passes by, we know the world gets a little bit older, it's time to realize that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Nature
Attitude
Lying
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I did recording sessions as a musician as well as a background vocalist and enjoyed every minute of it. I remember singing harmony with Waylon Jennings on a few songs that were hits. Chet Atkins always put me up so high that I strained to hit every note. It was a lot of fun.
Ray Stevens / Singer-Songwriter
Enjoyed
Harmony
Musician
Vocalist
Always Me Fun
Minute
Note
Strained
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