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> [As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn't let me go on any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/as-i-was-growing-up-i-did-a-lot-of-talent-shows-i-won-fifteen-sunday/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

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## More by Otis Redding

> [When I go into the studio, I'm strictly for business... I don't like any fooling around in the studio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/when-i-go-into-the-studio-i-m-strictly-for-business-i-don-t-like-any/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it twenty-four hours a day. You can't be a well driller, too.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/if-you-want-to-be-a-singer-you-ve-got-to-concentrate-on-it-twenty/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [Sittin' here resting my bones, this loneliness won't leave me alone. Two thousand miles I roam, just to make this dock my home. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/sittin-here-resting-my-bones-this-loneliness-won-t-leave-me-alone-two/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/you-ve-got-to-concentrate-on-the-business-of-entertaining-and-writing/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [These arms of mine, they are burning, burning from wanting you. These arms of mine, they are wanting, wanting to hold you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/these-arms-of-mine-they-are-burning-burning-from-wanting-you-these/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [Hey there, here I am. I'm the man on the scene. I can give you what you want but you got to come home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/hey-there-here-i-am-i-m-the-man-on-the-scene-i-can-give-you-what-you/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [I need me somebody, somebody to treat me right. I need your arms, loving arms to hold me tight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/i-need-me-somebody-somebody-to-treat-me-right-i-need-your-arms-loving/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [Baby, here I am, the man on your scene. I can give you what you want but you got to come home with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/baby-here-i-am-the-man-on-your-scene-i-can-give-you-what-you-want-but/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [You've got to hold her, don't squeeze her. Never leave her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/you-ve-got-to-hold-her-don-t-squeeze-her-never-leave-her/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [I need your, I need your tender lips, to hold me. To hold me together when I'm around you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/i-need-your-i-need-your-tender-lips-to-hold-me-to-hold-me-together/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [Pretty little thing, let me light your candle. 'Cause mama I'm sure hard to handle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/pretty-little-thing-let-me-light-your-candle-cause-mama-i-m-sure-hard/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [Love is their whole happiness, yeah but it's all so easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/love-is-their-whole-happiness-yeah-but-it-s-all-so-easy/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [You are tired and your love is growing cold. My love is growing stronger as our affair, grows old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/you-are-tired-and-your-love-is-growing-cold-my-love-is-growing/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay. Watching the tide roll away. Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay. Wastin'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/i-m-sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay-watching-the-tide-roll-away-ooo-i-m/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

> [It makes it easier. Easier to bare, yeah.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otis-redding/it-makes-it-easier-easier-to-bare-yeah/)

[Otis Redding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/otis-redding/)

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