Jimmy Smith Quotes

I played with Sam Lay, Jimmy Reed, Big Walter Horton, Big Moose Walker, and all those guys.

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• The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know?

  

  Hal Sparks
  • People
  • Name
  • Saying

• You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • You
  • Find
  • Most

• Along with 'Free,' where I sing quite a bit, there are additional songs on 'Skin' where you can hear my voice in the background - lots of 'oohs' and 'aahs.' But more often than not, I use my vocals to prompt other rappers and singers to feel calmer, better, bolder.

  

  Flume
  • Free
  • Better
  • Voice

• I don't like to travel as much as I have in the past, but it's good for my soul to get to pick, especially with these good musicians and these guys that play so well.

  

  Earl Scruggs
  • Good
  • Soul
  • Past

• On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?

  

  Valentina Tereshkova
  • Men
  • Women
  • Why

• To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.

  

  Laura Donnelly
  • People
  • Things
  • Honest

• It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And in 'I'd Do Anything,' I've had so much support from folks back home, no matter what side they're on.

  

  Rachel Tucker
  • Home
  • Support
  • See

• I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Think
  • Problems
  • Abuse

• The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Things
  • Competitive
  • Poker

• The challenge is sort of capturing the issues that Oregonians feel strongly about and moving forward on those.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Moving
  • Challenge
  • Moving Forward

• I had a Guru. He was a great saint and most merciful. I served him long - very, very long; still, he would not blow any mantra in my ears. I had a keen desire never to leave him but to stay with him and serve him and at all cost receive some instruction from him.

  

  Sai Baba
  • Great
  • Long
  • Desire

• My voice has always been kind of distinct - even when I was four years old, my mom told me that people would be like, 'Why does your daughter always sound like a chain smoker?' I've always had this deep, raspy voice.

  

  Banks
  • People
  • Why
  • Mom

• I was very good until I left home to go to a little college in West Virginia, and then I started to break some rules.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Good
  • Home
  • College

• I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.

  

  Van Jones
  • Time
  • Good
  • Future

• I made a living being a background singer for years.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Years
  • Living
  • Singer

• I have teenagers, so I listen to a lot of music. They turn me on to great music.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Great
  • Music
  • Listen

• 'Nothin' on You' changed my life: I finally feel that I reached the point where I wanna be at. At times I questioned whether it was worth the sacrifice, but now I see it was.

  

  Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Sacrifice

• We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
  • Done
  • Doing
  • Blessed

• The flip side of humiliation is pride.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • Pride
  • Side
  • Humiliation

• Last time I was sober, man I felt badWorst hangover that I ever had.It took six hamburgers and scotch all nightNicotine for breakfast just to put me right.’Cause if you wanna run cool,If you wanna run cool,If you wanna run cool, you got to runOn heavy, heavy fuel.

  

  Mark Knopfler Dire Straits
  • Time
  • Cool
  • Breakfast

• Because I believe psychedelics are a kind of higher dimensional sectioning of reality, I think they give the kind of stereoscopic vision necessary to hold the entire hologram of what's happening in your mind. The old paradigm is gone.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Mind
  • Reality
  • Vision

• I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.

  

  Shane Carruth
  • Film
  • Matter
  • Plans

• There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Books
  • Covers
  • Best Parts

• I played with Sam Lay, Jimmy Reed, Big Walter Horton, Big Moose Walker, and all those guys.

  

  Jimmy Smith