Eddie Floyd Quotes
I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.
Quotes to Explore
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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Hacking involves a different way of looking at problems that no one's thought of.
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Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.
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But I think we need the international market.
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I love - you know, I'm a big fan of Prince and Curtis Mayfield and Smoky Robinson. It's something to be said about a man who can be very masculine but still display that sensitive side, and that falsetto does it perfectly.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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I like junk food, French fries, hamburgers - I love it.
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The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I've just always been a bit of a dork.
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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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I appreciate the change associated with people's growth, but I don't like the changes in our lives. I came to Mumbai in 1945, so imagine my acceptance of the massive changes around. I have witnessed every kind of revolution.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted to be part of the community.
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When everyone is telling you, 'You're so beautiful, there's nobody like you,' you begin to think it's true. But of course there is nobody like you.
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I had no idea when I went to college what I'd be doing. I took organic chemistry and did terribly, but I was good in English and art. I took many courses and participated in as many activities as I could. I learned a lot about every single thing.
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I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.
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At first I didnt give a damn to go down in history. I wanted to win. But the more I won, the more I thought about leaving something behind. Yes, it's as important as hell to me. I want to leave something that people will remember me by. Of course, a lot of boxers want to do that. But it's not easy. Take Larry Holmes, he was the big man after Muhammad Ali, he wanted to emulate him, but for some reason the public didnt take him like they did to Ali. I think people wont fully understand what I contributed to the sport for years.
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I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers.
