Gary Rossington Quotes
I've always used the Peavey Mace equipment. I've got a few of them. They're kind of like Marshalls. You know, we used to use Marshalls, but Peaveys just seem to last longer and push the sound better.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.'
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
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Fame, do I like it? No. It has bought a lot for me in my career, but there are a lot of downsides to it. You give up your privacy. I did it to myself but not to my family and friends. You don't ask for it. You just have to live with it.
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I'm a pretty big news junkie.
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I write all the time, even if it means recording in the hotel room. I write on the plane, anywhere, anytime I'm inspired or have ideas.
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My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and rulers. It all dealt with conciseness and precision. It eliminated guesswork. One has to know his tools, so he doesn't work against himself.
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Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.
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People expect you to be doing something cool all the time. In a normal life, that's not happening!
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The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people.
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I always want to make sure the book I'm writing is the best book I can deliver.
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I think you can expect Sony, in the case of PSP specifically, to deliver a technology that is going to reinvent and change handheld entertainment, and take it to a brand new level.
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If you have something important to say, Broadway and New York are great places to say it.
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I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.
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The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life.
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If you're honest with yourself, you're going to find out whether you truly love America, or whether your primary allegiance is to the Republican party.
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'Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.'
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Whenever I'm on tour and I'm in my hotel room and I'm writing and playing my guitar, I go in the bathroom and I record whatever I'm writing in there. It's just what I love to do.
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We try and stay out of the corporate side of it. The band has never compromised. At some point in our career we could have made a certain type of record and sold millions of units, as they are called.
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Somehow we have to detach from feeling as though money is a quick and easy standard by which we can gauge how well we're doing.
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In the '70s, you didn't know who was going to survive in a disaster film.
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It seems everything is so full of possibilities one can hardly take it all in.
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I've always used the Peavey Mace equipment. I've got a few of them. They're kind of like Marshalls. You know, we used to use Marshalls, but Peaveys just seem to last longer and push the sound better.
