American - Composer | August 15, 1946 -
As I've grown - dare I say it - older, I had hopes of indulging my dreams of being a sailor.
Jimmy Webb
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I rode all around Hollywood listening to Donna Summer, looking out the window - all by myself - just going, 'I'm number one!' It's a pretty extraordinary feeling.
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I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning 'full of the spirit.' I do believe that it comes to you.
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The creative processes are so mysterious.
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You reach a certain point in your life where they things you do and say do make a difference.
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The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs.
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I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.
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When I started out, I was absolutely awful, I had no voice, I didn't have a lot of stage presence and most of the interpretive intensity that I brought to the experience was actually terror.
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When we go somewhere in New York, I'm known as Mr. Savini.
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I've been fortunate that when Frank Sinatra was in concert, he would say, 'Here's a song by a wonderful young songwriter, Jimmy Webb,' and I'd be in the front row and stand up. That gets people talking about you.
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It's very hard for me to think about my songs and attribute some significance to them.
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Particularly in my early days, I did very little rewriting.
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