Hank Quotes
75 Hank quotes by 55 unique authors
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When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella,…
— George Shearing
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I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.
— Monte Irvin
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We were brought up in the school that teaches: You do what the script tells you. Deliver the goods without comment. Live it-do it-or shut…
— Katharine Hepburn
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My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
— Madeleine Peyroux
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I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.
— Mel Tillis
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My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label and…
— Solomon Burke
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Old Hank would be proud, and Elvis would too, cause we like our country mixed with some big city blues.
— Hank Williams, Jr.
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I'd put Hank Williams picture on one hundred dollar bills.
— Hank Williams, Jr.
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Did ole Hank really do it this way?
— Waylon Jennings
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A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church.
— Jamey Johnson
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Hank Cochran was a man of very few words, but certainly the words that he chose were the right ones to use.
— Jamey Johnson
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A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different, because…
— Stone Gossard
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I don't think you'd call me a traditionalist. But you can say I have an old soul, because I grew up listening to Conway Twitty…
— Scotty McCreery
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When I was very, very young, I decided that I was gonna catalogue my times because that's what other people who I admired did. That's…
— Bruce Springsteen
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There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained honorary white status. He was not viewed by…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with a blue and…
— James A. Owen
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Spirit, who are you?' Andy demanded. Bobby remained silent, his entire body strained, his lips tightly together, his eyes bulging out. He was taking frantic,…
— Frank Peretti
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See, you can't rewrite, 'cause to rewrite is to deceive and lie, and you betray your own thoughts. To rethink the flow and the rhythm,…
— David Cronenberg
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…because nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff… Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself love it. Hank, when people…
— John Green
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Hank, this is great." "Yes." He said it simply, openly. There was no flattered pleasure in his voice, and no modesty. This, she knew, was…
— Ayn Rand
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As Alaska zipped through something obvious about linear equations, stoner/baller Hank Walsten said, "Wait, wait. I don't get it." "That's because you have eight functioning…
— John Green
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In the contemporary world where things fall apart, and the centre cannot hold, you have to imagine a community where there is no centre. Hank,…
— John Green
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In retrospect Hank I don't know why I spent four years writing this book when I could have just made a hit sing-a-ma-jig album.
— John Green
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He inclined his head at my dress. "What's the occasion?" "Homecoming," I said, twirling. "Like?" "Last I heard, Homecoming requires a date." "About that," i…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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I had to lull Mom and Hank into believing I was in the right frame of mind to be taken into public. If I exited…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
Who Wrote These Hank Quotes
55 authors contributed a total of 75 Hank Quotes, led by these top contributors: