Josh Young Quotes
I will sing whatever I'm given to sing. Growing up, I would sing anything that I was given. If the choir needed a first tenor, I would sing first tenor. If they needed a bass, I would sing bass. Throughout my life, I just figured out ways to hit notes I needed to hit.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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Mankind can be very magnanimous, given the chance.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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I don't die in anything!
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Food can change anything.
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I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.
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I don't fear anything now.
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You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.
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The songs I love to sing are story songs, from Yiddish songs to Tom Waits.
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
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Repeating is harder than anything else.
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Would I have traded 'Homeland' for anything else? No. Would I trade 'Billions' for anything else? No.
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I wish no teams had cheerleaders. I find it more distracting than anything else.
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I procrastinate so much and I get distracted by anything.
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Anything I do, I want to do it well.
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I don't like to dabble in anything I don't do well. I don't talk politics.
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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All anything takes, really, is confidence.
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I am not a composer of music; I sing pieces which have been written for me which gives me bigger freedom to search for pieces I want to record.
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The most precious love is often the kind that isn't returned, and that is given freely.
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If you're not going to wear a tiara when you win a Newbery Award, when are you going to wear one?
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The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.
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I love a sense of humor, I love intelligence, I love specificity, I love surprises. I'm inspired to get out of bed in the morning and fill my day with good things.
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I will sing whatever I'm given to sing. Growing up, I would sing anything that I was given. If the choir needed a first tenor, I would sing first tenor. If they needed a bass, I would sing bass. Throughout my life, I just figured out ways to hit notes I needed to hit.
