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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Oh, I just sing like I hurt inside.
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I've leaned on God for so long. "Hey, God, you just gave me this gift, and I'm just going to go out there and sing." But I'm realizing how much larger and how expansive my gift becomes when I actually pay attention to it and try to practice and try to perfect it.
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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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Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.
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For the plain people of Ireland... If your car's got a puncture, and you know its got a puncture and its still got a puncture after two weeks, then you don't know how how to change a tyre.
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It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way.
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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.
