James Edward Olliges Jr. (Jim James) Quotes

Preservation Hall is the sound of joy. When they start playing, people start moving.

James Edward Olliges Jr.

James Edward Olliges Jr.

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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.

Fatima Sana Shaikh
- Know
- Never
- Feel
I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Long
- Boy
- Progress
I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.

O. J. Simpson
- Mother
- Death
- Dad
You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.

Aaron Neville
- Day
- Singing
- Cold
I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.

Eddie Murphy
- Like
- Things
- Characters
I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.

Wale
- Me
- Learning
- Famous