Gerry Beckley Quotes
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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
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My grandma told me never, ever, ever to use soap on my face. But I do use lotion.
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I would kiss you, had I the courage.
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I said that when I establish myself as an artist that can do pretty much anything I want to do in music, I'm going to make a country album.
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I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.
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I don't have any skeletons in my closet.
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It is very important that, no matter what happens, you keep your feeling of self worth and value.
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Rock is rock, and, rock and roll, rock is just short for rock and roll.
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At the time I could no more believe my eyes than I can now trust my memory.
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If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.
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My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.
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Language evolves and moves on. It is an organic thing. It is not stuck in an ivory tower, hung with expensive works of art.
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Larry Geller’s Leaves of Elvis’ Garden is by far the best book I have ever read about Elvis. It is emotional, revealing and spiritual, and offers the most amazing insight into the king. I highly recommend this dynamic book.
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Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind.
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If suddenly you do not exist, If suddenly you are not living, I shall go on living. I do not dare, I do not dare to write it, if you die. I shall go on living.
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I'd call what I do pop music, but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else.
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Leigh Bowery was actually quoted as saying, "Flesh is my most favorite fabric." I've seen many a freak make a scene and go, but Leigh was a special kind of exhibitionist because he was dedicated and saw it as an art form.
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The French are very individualistic.
