Johnny Mathis Quotes

Nat was my hero right from the very beginning. My dad brought his music into the house and played it over and over again.

Johnny Mathis

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• My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.

  

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  Laura Benanti
  • Good
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• When I was growing up, I wasn't in bands, and had really no intention of ever doing music. I went out to California for college, and kind of on a whim started making music really as a joke, and over the course of the next five years started playing a lot of shows, and music became this really integral part of my identity.

  

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• The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.

  

  Pat Burns
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  Rachel Joyce
  • Up
  • Country
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• I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • Good
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• It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.

  

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• Akshay Kumar is a senior in the industry, and I consider myself lucky to be working with him. Each film of his opens to a packed house. Today, a film will sell only if you have a story. The audience is smart and won't be taken for a ride. And I'm confident about my movies.

  

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  Jean-Luc Godard
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• They have, all of them, such wonderful good manners. Not taught good manners - the natural thing. I could never have believed till I came here that natural courtesy could be such a wonderful - such a positive thing.

  

  Agatha Christie
  • Good
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• Nat was my hero right from the very beginning. My dad brought his music into the house and played it over and over again.

  

  Johnny Mathis
  • Music
  • House
  • Dad