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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman.
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
My dad never missed a day of work, and he was always smiling when he came home.
I don't see a future in music unless you are one of the 5pc of massive artists.
I really don't have that many run-ins. People by and large are very nice to me.
Anybody who wants to learn everything is pretty stupid. You learn what you can.
Having fans wherever I go gives me an energy, and it is the source of my power.
It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.
It's that kind of Dublin mentality: you just have to grin and bear some things.
What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.
I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin.
There's no point for me to party. I have a girl that I love. I don't need that.
I'm from a single-parent family. My mom is like my mom and dad. She's my world.
I can never go to a clairvoyant. I'd be too afraid of what they might tap into.
Like my mum, I sometimes buy things I shouldn't and fill my house with rubbish.
Life is like a rose, peeping through the hardships of life to bloom with color.
I want to be in cahoots with bands who want to make the record of their dreams.
I avoid people who I actually like. I suppose that’s a phobia but also a habit.
Congratulations to Prince Charles for banning foie gras from all his functions.
Timeless is the creature who is wise. And timeless is the prisoner in disguise.
You could never in a million years have told me Prince would not be here today.
Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.
It's lovely to be recognized in your own country, but I feel that there's more.
We ride and never worry 'bout the fall. Guess that's just the cowboy in us all.
I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.
I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
I don't like fashion. I don't like art. I do like smashing up expensive things.
There's nothing sexy about skin and bone. You gotta have some junk in the trunk.
I'm letting the songs breathe and change and become what they are without force.
I sold my soul, you brought it back for me. And held me up, and gave me dignity.
A man is at his best when he is simply not like the rest in all his life's test.
I have an obsession with hot sauce. I love Cholula. I put Cholula on everything.
The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing.
The only reason they're out there is to see me fall into the damn orchestra pit.
When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.
Jason Aldean is actually probably a really good rapper. He sounds like it to me.
If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.
It is better to live on the house top than to live in a house full of confusion.
What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind.
If you've got talent, stick with it... because talent wins out, without a doubt.
My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
It's such a rush doing a concert and seeing people actually mouthing the lyrics.
I have a real issue with radio these days. I just am not into the current music.
I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.
I don't need nobody tryin' to make me over -- I just wanna live simple and free.
I'm a bit of a night owl because that's when I feel the most creative and alive.
It has cost me a great deal to become myself. I don't want to be another person.