Albert Goldman Quotes
Commercial to the core, Elvis was the kind of singer dear to the heart of the music business. For him to sing a song was to sell asong. His G clef was a dollar sign.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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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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I don't sing anything that hurts my voice.
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If I can make a dollar, I certainly am not stupid.
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I am guilty of using dollar signs as proof of a work of art's longevity.
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To draw you must close your eyes and sing.
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The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.
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It's not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can't just sing about anything.
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The American nation in the sixth ward is a fine people; they love the eagle - on the back of a dollar.
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I’m a Virgo; it’s in my sign to be hard on myself.
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Hattie.' Grace patted my arm. 'My cows sing better than you do.
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I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. Its not contrived.
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All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days & days & days.
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No one, but no one, is equal, or ever will be. Elvis was and is supreme.
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It was only ever an experience in making a dollar. The company was only ever a small part of my life. I've done a lot of things that have given me greater pleasure.
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Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself ... nothing is impossible!
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I'm quite repulsed by the diva type.
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I cut my own hair. I got sick of barbers because they talk too much. And too much of their talk was about my hair coming out.
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I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.
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Commercial to the core, Elvis was the kind of singer dear to the heart of the music business. For him to sing a song was to sell asong. His G clef was a dollar sign.
