Mick Taylor Quotes
I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
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I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber.
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If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.
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Part of what makes your performances more convincing is that your own image isn't getting in the way. And the more you can keep it like that, the better for your work and your state of mind.
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Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.
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I do not watch horror films. At all. I am not a horror film girl; I don't have the stomach for it. I've seen a few in my lifetime, like 'The Shining' or 'Carrie,' but I can't sleep for, like, a week after I see something like that.
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
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I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.
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Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.
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The advantages of whiskey over dogs are legion. Whiskey does not need to be periodically wormed, it does not need to be fed, it never requires a special kennel, it has no toenails to be clipped or coat to be stripped. Whiskey sits quietly in its special nook until you want it. True, whiskey has a nasty habit of running out, but then so does a dog.
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We chase wild dreams and long for all that eludes us, when the greatest joys are within our grasp, if we can only recognize them.
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Our devotional life with God is more like the planting of a garden. When we arise from sowing into the secret place, we will not usually be able to point to immediate results or benefits. What we sow today will require an entire season of growth before the results are manifest.
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I was just so nervous every time I was onstage. It took me many, many years to get to the point where I realized, 'All right, if I'm going to keep doing this, I've gotta remember that it's supposed to be fun. I've gotta stop putting so much pressure on myself, because otherwise, it's not worth it.' And I still am too critical of myself.
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I do remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.
