Bill Withers Quotes

• Sometimes in our lives we all have pain. We all have sorrow. But if we are wise we know that there's always tomorrow.

  Bill Withers

  Wise, Pain, Sorrow

  Song: Lean On Me, 1972

  38 Copy quote

• I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel. I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you.

  Bill Withers

  Writing, Mirrors, Looks

  62 Copy quote

• Don't cheat yourself out of music. Music is one thing. The music business is another thing. Save enough of yourself to keep living anyway. Save enough joy in your heart to enjoy it. Let your reward be in the doing of it.

  Bill Withers

  Music, Cheating, Business

  73 Copy quote

• My real life was when I was just a working guy. You know, it's OK to head out for Wonderful. But on your way to Wonderful, you're gonna have to pass through All Right. And when you get to All Right, take a good look around, and get used to it, because that may be as far as you're gonna go.

  Bill Withers

  Real, Guy, Looks

  68 Copy quote

• Value the people who value YOU.

  Bill Withers

  People, Values

  30 Copy quote

• I've always been serious that way, trying to evolve to a more conscious state. Funny thing about that,though. You tweak yourself,looking for more love, less lust, more compassion, less jealousy. You keep tweaking, keep adjusting those knobs until you can no longer find the original settings. In some sense,the original settings are exactly what I'm looking for-a return to the easygoing guy i was before my world got complicated, the nice guy who took things as they came and laughed so hard the blues would blow away in the summer wind.

  Bill Withers

  Summer, Nice, Blow

  38 Copy quote

• No one can fill those of your needs that you won't let show.

  Bill Withers

  Needs, Shows

  Song: Lean On Me, 1972

  35 Copy quote

• Lean on me, when you're not strong and I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on.

  Bill Withers

  Friendship, Strong, Helping

  Song: Lean On Me, 1972

  16 Copy quote

• When you get to all right, take a good look around and get used to it, because that may be as far as you're gonna go.

  Bill Withers

  Looks, May, Looking Good

  33 Copy quote

• If you start sweet, then you've got somewhere to go.

  Bill Withers

  Sweet, Ifs

  20 Copy quote

• I was wiser at 30 than I am now. My judgment was better at 12. If you look out the windshield of a Hyundai or a Bentley, you see the same road.

  Bill Withers

  Wisdom, Looks, Judgment

  16 Copy quote

• The same love that made me laugh makes my cry.

  Bill Withers

  Broken, Laughing, Cry

  Song: The Same Love That Made Me Laugh

  17 Copy quote

• I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel.

  Bill Withers

  Writing, Able, Feels

  21 Copy quote

• Sellout... I'm not crazy about the word. We're all entrepreneurs. To me, I don't care if you own a furniture store or whatever - the best sign you can put up is SOLD OUT.

  Bill Withers

  Crazy, Entrepreneur, Furniture

  28 Copy quote

• If there is a load you have to bear that you can't carry, I'm right up the road. I'll share your load if you just call me.

  Bill Withers

  Friendship, Bears, Share

  Song: Lean On Me, Album: Still Bill, 1972

  10 Copy quote

• I would like to know how it feels for my desperation to get louder.

  Bill Withers

  Desperation, Feels, Know How

  11 Copy quote

• Just keep on using me, until you use me up.

  Bill Withers

  Use, Using Me

  Song: Use Me Up, Album: Still Bill, 1972

  11 Copy quote

• If nobody throws all their rules at you, you might make a song with no introduction.

  Bill Withers

  Song, Might, Introduction

  12 Copy quote

• Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, only darkness every day.

  Bill Withers

  Sadness, Sunshine, Darkness

  Song: Ain't No Sunshine, Album: Just As I Am, 1971

  9 Copy quote

• Ain'tno sunshine when she's gone. It's not warm when she's away. Ain'tno sunshine when she's gone, and she's always gone too long, anytime she goes away.

  Bill Withers

  Love, Sunshine, Long

  Song: Ain't No Sunshine

  9 Copy quote

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