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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I sing around the house, in the shower.
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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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Diana had a high thin voice that used to annoy me. Eddie too, ... We'd say, 'Why don't we let Mary (Wilson) sing the song?' But Brian was adamant, it's got to be Diana. Two against one, but we finally let her sing. We brought the keys down for Diana, to give her a fuller sound.
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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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This day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to him again in all eternity. The sun will never shine as it does today...But you must play your part and sing a song, one of your best.
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I’m really proud of my solo album but I don’t feel like I’m a natural singer. I wasn’t born with a great voice. You can learn to sing in tune, but you can’t learn to have a great voice. That’s a gift you’re born with.
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God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.
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Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.
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You really need to give us much love as you possibly can. Be kind. Be of service to people, not for you to gain anything but just out of pure love. That's what people are lacking, that pure genuine love.
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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.
