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title: "2 Rockabilly Music Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [Everybody told me that if I insisted on doing rockabilly music, I'd never have a chance of selling any records. In fact, I lost count of how many people told me to ditch it all together, in favour, I guess,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imelda-may/everybody-told-me-that-if-i-insisted-on-doing-rockabilly-music-i-d/)

[Imelda May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imelda-may/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/imelda-may-7900_chance_everybody-told-me-that-if-i-insisted-on_2126627.jpg)

> [To me, rockabilly music paralleled punk's energy and feeling, but the players were much better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-setzer/to-me-rockabilly-music-paralleled-punk-s-energy-and-feeling-but-the/)

[Brian Setzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-setzer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/brian-setzer-14432_energy_to-me-rockabilly-music-paralleled-punk-s_2516560.png)

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