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Portrait of John Denver

John Denver

(1943–1997) Singer-songwriter United States

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John Denver was a singer-songwriter from the United States, best known for Take Me Home: an autobiography.

Quick Facts About John Denver

Born: December 31, 1943
Died: October 12, 1997
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer-songwriter
Notable works: Take Me Home: an autobiography
Spouse: Cassandra Delaney

About John Denver

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., known professionally as John Denver, was an American country and folk singer, songwriter, and actor. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s and one of the best-selling artists overall in that decade. AllMusic has called Denver "among the most beloved entertainers of his era".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year Grammy Awards Grammy Hall of Fame American Music Award for Favorite Country Album Favorite Country Male Artist Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special

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star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by John Denver · Page 3

I would so much like young people to have a sense of the gift that they are. Not many of them feel…

People

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I am the eagle, I live in high country, in rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky; I am the hawk and…

Freedom

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We must begin to make what I call "conscious choices," and to really recognize that we are the same. It's from that…

Choices

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Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes Only two things that money can't buy That's…

Cooking

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“You Fill Up My Senses”

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I know I'm incapable of orchestrating an entire film.

Cinema

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Imagine what it might do to the human spirit to know that we have conquered hunger as a world wide societal issue?

Human spirit

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I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly.

Eagles

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The best thing you have to offer the world is yourself. You don't have to copy anyone else. If you do, you're…

Achieve

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“Fear does the choosing between right and wrong.”

Fear

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Heck, I'm no Henry Mancini or Michel Legrand. I just play the guitar and write songs.

Guitar

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There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got the talent.…

Advice

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I would make my job a work of art. I would like whatever it is that I'm doing - everyone's experience of…

Art

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I think that's one of the things that's missing in a lot of people's lives. That's finding out what works for you…

Finding

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There are so many things we are afraid of, thinking that if we confront them, they will kill us. Most of it…

Back

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No one person has to do it all but if each one of us follow our heart and our own inclinations we…

Can do

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I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and…

Fortune

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Relax, ease back in your seats and let the music take you wherever it does.

Doe

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Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.

Happiness

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Love the earth as you would love yourself.

Earth

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I believe that we are here for each other, not against each other. Everything comes from an understanding that you are a…

Believe

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Reach for the heavens, and hope for the future, and all that will be, not what we are.

Heaven

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Love is a light that shines from heart to heart....

Heart

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I'm leaving my sorrows and all my memories behind to see what I find, somewhere in the shade near the sound of…

Behinds

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Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong

Country

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