Gregg Allman Quotes
The best advice I got really had nothing to do with singing; it came from my brother, who always told me to stick to my guns and to believe in myself. I think Duane saw my talents and believed in me long before I ever did, and that meant the world to me.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I've done 20 takes of a Vine before it goes out.
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In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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I don't let the computer into my bedroom. It would get in the way of life, sleep. And I really can't let that happen.
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For the last 15 years, Microsoft’s master business plan seems to have been, 'Wait until somebody else has a hit. Then copy it.'
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I don't watch reality TV much, but sometimes I'll be on the E! channel and see that show "Total Divas", about female wrestlers. It's like, fake tits are de rigueur. Nose jobs are de rigueur. Exaggerated asses are de rigueur. Twerking is de rigueur.
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Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
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Most English speakers do not have the writer's short fuse about seeing or hearing their language brutalized. This is the main reason, I suspect, that English is becoming the world's universal tongue: English-speaking natives don't care how badly others speak English as long as they speak it. French, once considered likely to become the world's lingua franca, has lost popularity because those who are born speaking it reject this liberal attitude and become depressed, insulted or insufferable when their language is ill used.
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The best advice I got really had nothing to do with singing; it came from my brother, who always told me to stick to my guns and to believe in myself. I think Duane saw my talents and believed in me long before I ever did, and that meant the world to me.
