Ronnie Milsap Quotes
Now is now, and I live everything one day at a time. The fact that I'm still on the planet and able to still make music is such a miracle.
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Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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I have played Blair Cramer for 20 years, I feel a personal investment in the success of 'One Life to Live.' I love the show, I'm a fan of the characters, and I have invested in the journey these fictional characters have traveled.
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I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
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If at noon you sit down and there's just silence or blank tape, in an hour if you have a song, that didn't exist an hour ago. Now it exists and it might exist for a long time. There's something empowering about that.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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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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I couldn't live up to it. So I chose to run away.
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In the city, a lot of crime happens, a lot of violence happens from time to time.
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What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are mature they have lost their innate capabilities.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn't allow the predictability that business needs.
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My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.
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Music is part of the life of fashion, too.
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Most of the time, I don't really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I'm always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it's a good thing. Sometimes, it's a bad thing.
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Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do.
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People play with pain all the time.
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Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around.
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The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really valuable commodity and you want to make the most of it. And for acting, you just have to do the work, just keep doing it.
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When I see great boxers, it's like reading a wonderful poem.
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I felt I should have been taught about the landmine problem. It made me suddenly realize certain things about the world and how much I had to learn, like the history of the people.
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Now is now, and I live everything one day at a time. The fact that I'm still on the planet and able to still make music is such a miracle.
