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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Being able to surf in Tahiti and places like Brazil was unreal.
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It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting.
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After millions of years of evolution, we start stupid cults of celebrity and feed the egos of maniacs until they take our money, fuck us in the arse, and then cut our throats. We should be cutting their throats!
