Oldies Quotes

• I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring.

  Carole King

  Inspiring, Listening, Energy

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• Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

  Billy Joel

  Inspirational, Goodbye, Tomorrow

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• Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.

  Yoko Ono

  Inspirational, Life, People

  "From Yoko Ono to Leonard Cohen – the old masters finding new inspiration" by Alex Needham, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2012.

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• I love oldies just kind of sweet, slinky, Fifties music. The slow stuff. And Billie Holiday.

  Nastassja Kinski

  Sweet, Home, Holiday

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I used to play nightclubs, you had to play Top 40 or favorite oldies that maybe people could relate to.

  Rick Danko

  Play, People, Used

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• I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.

  Brian Wilson

  Stations

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• Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.

  Helen Rowland

  Funny, Birthday, Motivation

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• I figure the oldies are real close to what rocking country use to be.

  Wolfman Jack

  Country, Real, Use

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• I used to listen to music from the frosting down. As a word nerd, lyrics are really important to me, and then the melody. Playing in the Rock*A*Teens was the first time I ever heard music from the bottom up. I was hearing songs I'd heard a million times on oldies radio, and I'd be like, "Wow, listen to what the bass is doing!" When I was first singing in bands, I'd just get out there with my machete, wildly whacking away at the foliage. But you learn how to listen. When I feel I'm doing it right, it's 90% listening and 10% output. It's not "look what I can do!"

  Kelly Hogan

  Song, Rocks, Nerd

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.

  Ryan Lochte

  Mom, Listening, Grew Up

  "Q&A with Golden Goggles winner Ryan Lochte". Interview with Brian Cazeneuve, www.si.com. November 23, 2010.

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• I'm more of an oldies guy. I'll say this - Michael Jackson, best entertainer of all time. Luther Vandross, best male singer of all time. Whitney Houston, best female singer of all time...and when Teddy Pendergrass says turn off the lights, turn 'em off. That's what I got for you.

  Russell Wilson

  Light, Guy, Males

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• God is forever using especially young people, not oldies like us, God likes using young people.

  Desmond Tutu

  People, Forever, Likes

  Source: values.mountmadonnaschool.org

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• I hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and a couple of golden oldies.

  Ville Valo

  Couple, Hate, Play

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• Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they're full of muscle. 'Copacabana' sounds like it could have been released yesterday.

  Barry Manilow

  Song, Years, Yesterday

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm listening to a lot of oldies.A lot of Al Green, Marvin Gaye. Luther Vandross... they were some of my icons.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Icons, Listening, Green

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• So every time I make a new circuit, a new time around, then I change the show. You can't change the songs; people still want to hear "Lady Sings the Blues" and they still want to hear some of the oldies.

  Diana Ross

  Song, People, Want

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• If you start watching the oldies, you're in trouble. I feel ancient if "Grand Hotel" or "The Bride Wore Red" comes on. I have a sneaking regard for "Mildred Pierce", but the others do nothing for me.

  Joan Crawford

  Red, Ancient, Trouble

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• I write whatever shows up. That's good enough for me. I'm part of the first generation that wants to still do original material and not tour around as an oldies act.

  Lou Reed

  Writing, Generations, Want

  Lou Reed (2015). “Lou Reed: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations”, p.84, Melville House

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• Music was just played all around me, and I couldn't run from it. My pops, he never learned to sing, but he'd have his little drink on the side, and he'd put on the best of his hits - gangster rap or oldies - and he'd sing all day on his mic plugged up to the wall set-up. It's a trip. I've just seen that my whole life, so I've always just had a love for music. By the time I was 13, I really just jumped in it. And it's something I took on to have as a hobby.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Running, Wall, Rap

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• So many people mentioned this at these rallies. You go to these things and it's kind of like an oldies concert. I mean, it's not hostile.

  George Saunders

  Mean, People, Kind

  "In Search For Answers, Author George Saunders Covers Trump Campaign". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. July 9, 2016.

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• Well, yeah! Now they're considered golden oldies, which is awesome. I was watching Little Women recently, and I didn't want to get up for fear of missing something. And Heathers is like my own Rocky Horror Picture Show; I recite the lines when it's on. It may seem odd, but I think it's because they're really good movies.

  Winona Ryder

  Thinking, Missing, Good Movie

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