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title: "1 Telling Music Quotes By Jimmy McDonough"
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> [“People keep telling me that my music has helped them through periods of their life, and I've never understood how that happens, but it must happen because of THE WAY I do it. The way I do things is I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-mcdonough/people-keep-telling-me-that-my-music-has-helped-them-through-periods/)

Jimmy McDonough

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## More by Jimmy McDonough

> [“-You don't like confrontation? Sometimes I'm really down for confrontation. It's kind of like a changing thing. I don't know why. Must be something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-mcdonough/you-don-t-like-confrontation-sometimes-i-m-really-down-for/)

Jimmy McDonough

> [“Young has a personal relationship with electricity. In Europe, where the electrical current is sixty cycles, not fifty, he can pinpoint the fluctuation ---…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-mcdonough/young-has-a-personal-relationship-with-electricity-in-europe-where/)

Jimmy McDonough

> [“You really can't go through life wanting to be liked. It's the hardest lesson to learn. Once you say, "Fuck it, I don't care,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-mcdonough/you-really-can-t-go-through-life-wanting-to-be-liked-it-s-the-hardest/)

Jimmy McDonough

> [“People keep telling me that my music has helped them through periods of their life, and I've never understood how that happens, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-mcdonough/people-keep-telling-me-that-my-music-has-helped-them-through-periods/)

Jimmy McDonough

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