Robert James Ritchi Quotes
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The spirit of rock 'n' roll is alive and well. It kind of just needs to be cultivated a little bit.
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I've never played the PR game.
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I like who I am.
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I'm not a greedy man; there really is nothing I couldn't live without. But if there was a fire, and I saved my child and my pets, I'd be happy.
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You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.
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I have nightmares that I'm going to wake up, and everyone's driving a Prius and living in a condo, and we're all getting health insurance.
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I think celebrity endorsements hurt politicians.
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Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white.
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I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.
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As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people to get the music for the fairest price, and in the most convenient way. And that's really turned into iTunes when you're talking about selling albums.
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I make a lot of money. I can take a pay cut. All my friends are taking pay cuts that are in the unions, that are - that are farming in Alabama or whatever it is. I can surely take a pay cut, too, not cutting down my show or - or the people that work for me, I can take a pay cut.
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When I was making my first record there would be something that would come out that would inspire you, you know? You'd see someone on TV or on the radio.
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You know, when I started I liked Big Macs and Budweiser and I still like Big Macs and Budweiser.
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I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.
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My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.
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But honestly, it's pretty weird; there are girls who'd do absolutely everything just to get a backstage pass. I don't know what it is, but really, when you're on national TV in America the girls love you. They all want you! And I'm not complaining!
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I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time.
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As far as my street cred goes, I'll always have that, because I always hang with the kids. I'll jump right off the stage and buy them a beer. I'll be a star on stage, but I'll always hang with the kids.
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Why does anything ever happen? Some things happen and some don't.
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I take the invasion of my personal space very seriously.
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I think I did every drug known to mankind, smoked crack, boozed, dropped acid, you name it.
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The Majestic Theater in 1990. That was one of my first real shows where I had 300 to 400 people there.
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If you had told me when I was starting out that I would be coming down to Nashville, kind of weaving in and out of the country scene, I never would've thought that in a million years.
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I see the people in Detroit are very - they're like a lot of cities, but they're very proud to be from there and they really want to see change and they really want to see good things happen.