Song Live Quotes by Burt Bacharach

The music is the last thing I'm thinking about right now, in order of what's important.

— Burt Bacharach

I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep…

— Burt Bacharach

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

— Burt Bacharach

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

— Burt Bacharach

A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't.

— Burt Bacharach

“I have notes in my bathroom, yellow notes, and I stick 'em on the mirror, things that happened that were uplifting boosters for me.…

— Burt Bacharach

What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of.

— Burt Bacharach

If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity.

— Burt Bacharach

I was blown away by the standing ovation. I've had tributes before, sure, but I don't retain that feeling, and I wasn't prepared for…

— Burt Bacharach

Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

— Burt Bacharach

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

— Burt Bacharach

I'd met Dr Dre, he was thinking about his next album, we talked a little and he said, 'Let me give you some of…

— Burt Bacharach

It's not getting any better, is it? I don't want my 19-year-old boy going into the army. I love these little kids. They understand…

— Burt Bacharach

I never like to be lied to by a girlfriend or agent and certainly not the president of the United States.

— Burt Bacharach

Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's…

— Burt Bacharach