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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When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It's different than bringing something in by yourself.
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My freedom from hatred - I would even claim for myself individually, my love - for those who consider themselves to be my enemies, does not make me blind to their faults.
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Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation & great variety of information on scientific as well as popular subjects. I should say of him that he is the most distinguished man of talents I have ever known on the continent: but I doubt if He be entitled to the appellation of a Man of Genius.
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Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,But spare your country's flag,' she said.
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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.
