Elvin Bishop Quotes
I'm probably the only guy in the world who's played with Lightning Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Hendrix, Duane Allman, B.B. King.

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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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Cynicism is humor in ill health.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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I hate negative ads in general.
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Look at Loretta Lynn. Look at Jeannie C. Rily singing 'Harper Valley PTA' and Tammy Wynette singing about divorce. They were ahead of their times in a lot of ways.
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Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.
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Do we have the right to understand the world we live in? The right to all the information regarding why our governments are making the decisions that they are?
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We all wish we could be in more than one place at the same time. People with families feel guilty all the time-if we spend too much time with our family, we feel we're not working hard enough.
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There were no theatre facilities at the comp that I went to, but I did have amazing teachers who never stopped encouraging me.
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People are more optimistic about Detroit outside of Detroit.
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My characters are not underachievers; they aspire to great things, but they are limited by the world around them.
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The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.
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The thing that I love about acting is the fact that I can help people feel things, know themselves or feel less alone. It's my form of expression, in the same way that someone might paint a picture or sing a song in that you're hoping that it moves somebody outside of their own way of thinking.
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To be honest, for me, my main workout is when I'm on stage. Even though I make pop music, I don't think I perform in the classic 'pop star' sort of way. I'm very active on stage; I always end up dripping in sweat afterwards. It's always like a full-on, wild performance, so that's pretty much like my exercise, I would say.
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Do not let anyone tell you it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America. We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again.
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I keep lip gloss everywhere. It always makes me feel like I am slightly put together.
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I live in a world where there's magazines and blogs, and people feel like they are allowed to criticize me, and in the meanest way.
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'Farscape' is not what you call hard science fiction.
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I'm definitely a guy that's done a lot of stupid s--- too. It happens.
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Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything.
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I love the idea that I have the power to look for the projects I can put myself into, but I'm still at that level of just being happy to have a job.
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I write in the weirdest places. I wrote 'Girl on the Coast' in my car with the kids in the back and Eric driving. I just wrote the whole thing on my phone. I just typed out the lyrics.
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I'm probably the only guy in the world who's played with Lightning Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Hendrix, Duane Allman, B.B. King.