Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
I wasn't thinking of competing with any artists as such, I was more thinking of being among them, and sharing thoughts with them; like sharing views, ideas, etc.
No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you.
If a man can tell if he's been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful.
The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? There is a brotherhood among all men. This must be recognized if life is to remain. We must learn the love of man.
Hawaiian to me is a feeling of getting somewhere, without stepping on anybodys toes, without causing friction with anybody.
The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye
Be BLESSED-spirit, soul, body and financially.
Don’t be sad by what you see It’s true life has it’s miseries But one thing’s always worked for me Worry ends when faith begins.
I wouldn't call myself a leader. I don't want to lead people, I want to tempt them, I want to create a new world for them, just for that very small moment, when they are losing themselves in my music. I want to inspire them
I hate being so emotionally slutty. I need to stop loving everyone I have a long conversation with.
We are the superhero, none of us individually, but all of us together.
Love isn't love until you give it away.
God may allow us at times to hit rock bottom, to show us He's the rock-at the bottom.
You have to be open to the energy. If you can open your heart to the energy, that great love energy, of this entire universe, good things will happen to you. BUT, you've gotta believe. You've gotta believe in the goodness.
I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.
ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in Memphis, and it was very nice. He sort of treated me like an equal, because we were both fresh in the business. We got to be great friends and kindred souls.
Roy Orbison was one of the genuinely nicest persons I've ever known. With one of the most beautiful voices in the history of recorded music he could easily have had an opera star's ego, but he was one of the humblest, kindest, sweetest human beings to grace this planet. This in spite of the enormous tragedies in his life. A brave, beautiful blessing of a man.
If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice.
When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
Best things in life aren't things.
People don't run out of dreams - people just run out of time.
Somewhere along the line we stopped believing we could do anything. And if we don't have our dreams, we have nothing.
I practiced two or three hours, sometimes none, sometimes six. It was very varied.
I have a problem with capitalism, in it's extreme sense. At the same time communism, I have a problem with that, because every man must feel like a lord in his own manor.
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