Al Green Quotes

• I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that'll give you the shirt off their back. And I've also found people that won't give you a piece of bread if you're starving to death.

  Al Green

  White, Giving, People

  "Al Green: What I've Learned" by Larry Getlen, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• The music is the message, the message is the music. So that's my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me - a little ministry called love and happiness.

  Al Green

  Men, Happiness And Love, Ministry

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• Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.

  Al Green

  Children, Stupid, Believe

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• I'm thankful for every moment.

  Al Green

  Thanksgiving, Thankfulness, Be Grateful

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• Trials can be hard, if you don't know God.

  Al Green

  Religious, Religion, Trials

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• If I could live my life all over I'd do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there's no way lord, to leave this love behind.

  Al Green

  Love Is, Cameras, Way

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• Suicide is not an answer, it's destruction.

  Al Green

  Suicide, Answers, Destruction

  "Al Green: What I've Learned" by Larry Getlen, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.

  Al Green

  Children, Want, Succeed

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• Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I'm one of those people.

  Al Green

  Believe, People, Fairness

  "Al Green: What I've Learned" by Larry Getlen, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't even make records no more!

  Al Green

  Men, People, Records

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• Theres a lot of churches that hide their dirty laundry under the rug, and I know about that from being in the church 27 years. Oh, yeah.

  Al Green

  Dirty, Years, Church

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• I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

  Al Green

  Mother, Mama, Stature

  "Al Green: What I've Learned" by Larry Getlen, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world.

  Al Green

  Education, Church, World

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• I did a whole concert in Atlanta with my fly open, and I had a black suit on and a white shirt. My white shirt was protruding from the fly.

  Al Green

  Atlanta, White, Black

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• Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended.

  Al Green

  United States, Pakistan, Allies

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• GM is operating in an intensely competitive global environment and reaching this tentative agreement allows us to continue to build momentum in the market with the award-winning vehicles and components produced in Canada.

  Al Green

  Winning, Awards, Agreement

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