John Dawson Winter III (Johnny Winter) Quotes
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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I just like putting outfits together without much thought and seeing what the outcome is.
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Looking back, I can see that the women I loved, at least early on, were status symbols. I suppose, in that sense, I was my mother's true disciple. She'd taught me that a good man, though elusive, could transform one's whole life once he was caught.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.
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The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.
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We in this entertainment industry try to act like we're so super powerful. we're not being honest, because we're human, and in our humanity there's a little fear.
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God has created us and poured love into our hearts so that we may do our best to alleviate the suffering that is around us.
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We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the end of it, it goes through the filtering process and out comes the Radiohead thing.
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I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo.
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I think it's important to have your own individual style and sense of self. It's kind of what I do.
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What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.
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I'm trying to be the messenger for the people that pay attention to me. And those people I want to help inspire because a lot of people maybe think it's - they're too cool for school. That's all I can ever do.
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I'm a survivalist and a survivor.
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Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.
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I was discovered out of nowhere. I didn't have family that was in the industry. I didn't know anyone in L.A.; I didn't have any reason to have been discovered. Nowadays, you have YouTube, and people are scouting more, but I really was plucked out of obscurity.
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Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
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I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll.
