Barbara Lynn Quotes
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I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks -
I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
D. H. Lawrence -
I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.
Patrick Wilson -
My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
Harland Williams -
When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
Mahalia Jackson
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If you don't stick up for what's yours, and defend what's yours... what are you?
Randy Quaid -
I have deep roots in this Oklahoma soil. It makes me proud.
N. Scott Momaday -
Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
Orson Welles -
I've always liked acoustic blues. I liked Bob Dylan a lot.
Oscar Isaac -
The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true.
Sally Hawkins -
Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
Mahalia Jackson
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I'm not frightened about terrorism. I'm frightened about the roots of what we call terrorism.
Mandy Patinkin -
I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.
Carlos Santana Santana -
I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, 'Oh man, this is the stuff.' It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.
Carlos Santana Santana -
I like to play guitar, jam out, play the blues, go watch movies. I love movies.
Dane Cook -
I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.
Xavier Rudd
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It could be something like Scotch Tape, where you just roll it out and stick in on the back of your device and go.
Angela Belcher -
I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
Zadie Smith -
I'm definitely an underdog.
Daniel Bryan -
Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
Natalie Martinez -
The fault lines are shifting from the boundaries of nations into the web of our societies and the streets of our cities. And, terrorism and extremism are a global force that are larger than their changing names, groups, territories and targets.
Narendra Modi -
I've gotta stick to my roots, and my roots are blues.
Barbara Lynn