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He knew that we gave constant lip service to the dictates of safety and howled like Christians condemned to the arena if any compromise were… — Ernest K. Gann
Now shut the engines off. Come down and flatten out, feel the long float, and at the given moment pull the stick right home. She's… — Unknown Author
As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any… — Magic Johnson
I tended not to be concerned about whether a song was going to be a hit when I wrote it. Because it became evident that… — Hal David
As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar...Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel...This song ("Until It's Time for You… — Buffy Sainte-Marie
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ... (when asked who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening') Rodgers and Hammerstein, if you can imagine… — Cole Porter
It was my 16th birthday-my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just… — Stevie Nicks
I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common I discovered they had many… — Neil Sedaka
I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of singing that went… — Willie Nelson
I knew that however bad the Republican party was, the Democratic party was much worse. The elements of which the Republican party was composed gave… — Frederick Douglass
My family knew I was gay when I was 15, long before I got famous. But it's a very different thing coming out to your… — Boy George
My only real fear was that I would not be able to surf again because I was concerned that I would not physically be able… — Bethany Hamilton
I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying to say something,… — Paul Simon
I could send myself right back to the day that I wrote "Angel Of The Morning," how it felt. I had a buzz through me… — Chip Taylor
She knew the intensity of adolescence, and knew no cure for it except growing up. And then one has age and experience, and mourns the… — Sara Paretsky
The healing power of music is vast. Music therapy is in its infancy in Western psychology. If we knew more, we'd be able to do… — Gary Talley
Asked if he knew how important Stardust would be, Mitchell Parish said he did have a gut feeling that this was a momentous one. But… — Paul Zollo
He smiled, she smiled, they knew right away, this was the day they'd waited for their whole lives, for a moment the whole world revolved… — Collin Raye
Man, if anybody knew the path that we've been on, no one in their right mind would ever try to duplicate it. That's something Nashville… — Eric Church
I knew when I was in high school that I wanted a job where they'd applaud if I showed up. — Cheryl Wheeler
Ask Anthony Hopkins how he makes his characters come to life and he just shrugs. I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't be able… — Larry Eisenberg
I had a lot of time to myself, and I would listen to a lot of music, mostly music that I knew fairly well and… — Will Oldham
I knew a lot of chords, but they weren't the chords that came with the melody that came with the idea I had for the… — Tom T. Hall
My second husband and I were going through a bitter divorce, and I didn't have the money for a fancy-pants attorney. I didn't know how… — Sue Grafton
Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last Tin Pan Alley.… — Steve Earle

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