Jimmy Smith Quotes

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

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• 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

• 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

• I love the crowds in Miami. I feel that is one of the tournaments where I get more support. That helps me a lot.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Support
  • Feel
  • Helps

• Even a dickhead would do a better job than Ilyumzhinov. The chaos in the chess world is caused by 'leaders' who are unable to do their job properly.

  

  Anatoly Karpov
  • World
  • Job
  • Chaos

• No one can write their real religious life with pen or pencil. It is written only in actions, and its seal is our character, not our orthodoxy. Whether we, our neighbor, or God is the judge, absolutely the only value of our religious life to ourselves or to anyone is what it fits us for and enables us to do.

  

  Wilfred Grenfell
  • Character
  • Judge
  • Neighbor

• It's pleasanter to work in the country, where you can wander out among the trees. But I don't get as much work done. In the city you don't want to leave the room because there's all that chaos going on.

  

  Stephen Sondheim
  • Country
  • Chaos
  • Cities

• I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.

  

  Ernest Cline
  • Work
  • World of Warcraft

• Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given. … With singing, you never know when you are going to lose the voice, and that makes you appreciate the time that you have when you are still singing well. I am always thanking God for another season, another month, another performance.

  

  Luciano Pavarotti
  • Time
  • God
  • Singing

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

  

  Jimmy Smith