John Prine Quotes
Yeah, early '71 is when I got my record contract. I had a record come out by August of '71. Things happened really fast.
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Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.
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I've done some really weird gigs. The ones where no one turned up - they're probably not the interesting ones to talk about. I played some pretty random ones in L.A. I signed to play all-R&B nights or an all-comedy night where I'd be the only white person there. They were fun.
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My credentials, briefly: I no longer go to church or believe in God, but I can still name every one of the fruits of the Spirit and reeled for days upon hearing the announcement that Audio Adrenaline was reunited with one of the singers from DC Talk.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff.
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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body - like radiation, cancer, and all.
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
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One believes others will do what he will do to himself.
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There has been a failure to grasp how competing narratives fight for the attention of angry young Muslims, and we have grossly underestimated the appeal of the jihadist brand.
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For me, I always like to get up bright and early.
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It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used, but they'll remember how you made them feel.
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To say what or where we came from has nothing to do with what or where we came from. We do not come from there any more, but only from each word that proceeds out of the mouth of the unnamed. And yet sometimes it is our only way of pointing to who we are.
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There were guys in wingtips that just didn't fly.
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I'd rather have more heart than talent any day.
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I would say the songs that have different lyrics. I always write the music first, and there's a couple of songs on this box set that have different lyrics from what ended up on the final recording.
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As we struggle to overcome our troubles, we are making history and fulling our destiny. Keep pressing!
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Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.
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When God created you, He went to great lengths to make you exactly the way He wanted you to be. You are His ultimate work of art.
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You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.
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The specific weight of the soul is equal to the sum of what has been dared.
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On an animated television series, you pretty much read the script as written. Whereas on an animated feature, you'll sometimes record the same scene multiple times over the course of a year as the filmmakers continue to tweak that part of the movie.
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Yeah, early '71 is when I got my record contract. I had a record come out by August of '71. Things happened really fast.
