Milton Berle Quotes
One of those Christmas songs says, "You better not shout, you better not cry, you better not pout." How's my wife going to get along?
Quotes to Explore
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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I love writing songs.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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The biggest influence? I've had several at different times – but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.
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I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.
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I tend to name albums after one of the songs.
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Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.
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I don't have many easy songs.
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Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!
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Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.
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I quickly discovered that trying to go play golf while living in Manhattan was about as easy as trying to grab a taxi while standing out in front of Saks Fifth Avenue in the freezing rain on the last shopping day before Christmas.
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Everybody loves a good Christmas song if you do it right.
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Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.
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I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We're in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets, which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down, and we're also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing.
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If your friends won't tell you the truth, who will?
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A journalist can make or break a case, in a way, because they can figure out things the police can't, or they can destroy people's lives.
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Mom's paintings are a very small part of the legacy she left behind.
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One of those Christmas songs says, "You better not shout, you better not cry, you better not pout." How's my wife going to get along?
