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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Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked. With your own voice,' he said.
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I paint my joy and I sing my sorrow.
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I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan.
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There's no continuity in videos... you can jump around all over the place. In features, you can't throw in a close-up of a musician stomping on a guitar - you have to film a scene.
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Artists aren't necessarily business people. And they aren't necessarily aware of all the things that go on in their names. Some just want to make some music, but there is a lot of greed among artists as well. Whether or not we know it, we are all to blame. I think it's time - starting with the artist - to try to be a little more responsible and aware of what goes on in our name.
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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.
