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> [You have 'listeners' ears' when you're just starting out, and your 'listeners' ears' tell you what will work. You lose those ears later, when you break songs down into production elements too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/you-have-listeners-ears-when-you-re-just-starting-out-and-your/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

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## More by Gene Pitney

> [I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball, I went fishing and skating. I was into trapping animals, pheasants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/i-was-just-different-when-the-other-kids-gravitated-to-football-or/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

> [I always feel that it's great when you can be happy when you're by yourself. That's not a bad thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/i-always-feel-that-it-s-great-when-you-can-be-happy-when-you-re-by/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

> [Each morning I face her window and pray that our love can be, cause that brownstone house where my baby lives is Mecca.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/each-morning-i-face-her-window-and-pray-that-our-love-can-be-cause/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

> [True love never runs smooth, that's what they say, but true love is worth all the pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/true-love-never-runs-smooth-that-s-what-they-say-but-true-love-is/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

> [Let's say I'm not feeling well, and somebody would say to me, 'Just do an easy show, just go out and do a light...'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/let-s-say-i-m-not-feeling-well-and-somebody-would-say-to-me-just-do/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

> [When the world outside my arms is pulling us apart, press your lips to mine and hold me with your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/when-the-world-outside-my-arms-is-pulling-us-apart-press-your-lips-to/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

> [The thing I always liked best about touring abroad was constantly running into different people, different cultures, different foods. It really pumped up my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/the-thing-i-always-liked-best-about-touring-abroad-was-constantly/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

> [I'm a performer. I've tried everything there is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/i-m-a-performer-i-ve-tried-everything-there-is/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

> [No it isn't very pretty, what a town without pity can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/no-it-isn-t-very-pretty-what-a-town-without-pity-can-do/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

> [People tell me all the time that I must be so sad. I never was. It's just the way I sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/people-tell-me-all-the-time-that-i-must-be-so-sad-i-never-was-it-s/)

[Gene Pitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-pitney/)

> [You have 'listeners' ears' when you're just starting out, and your 'listeners' ears' tell you what will work. You lose those ears later, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-pitney/you-have-listeners-ears-when-you-re-just-starting-out-and-your/)

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