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Sophie B. Hawkins Quotes

I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to - I hated women pop singers.

Sophie B. Hawkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: November 1, 1964

Topics

Women Listening Holiday Jazz Old Up

It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I started writing the book when my daughter was 5. It took me almost four years.

Meg Tilly

Daughter Children Support Me Writing

Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country.

Robert Hewison

Education Growth Truth Death Values

What else do you say to Medlocke, Rossington and Van Zant? We're talking Southern rock royalty. We're talking Lynyrd Skynyrd. The only thing out of my mouth was when and where!

Johnny Colt

Talking Royalty You Mouth Say Rock

My color's not a crutch. See, funny crosses a lot of color barriers.

Steve Harvey

Funny Color Barriers See Crutch Lot

And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee.

Stephen Breyer

Process Committee Judiciary Hours

Obviously, I have a lot of respect for Curt Hennig, and I say 'obviously' because I just assumed that anybody would know that 'Mr. Perfect' Curt Hennig was a legend, and someone of that stature is someone that everybody looks up to.

Rob Van Dam

Respect Legend Someone Perfect Looks

If you're not in the WWE and bouncing around in the Indy shows, you're not with the best.

Rob Van Dam

Best You WWE Indy Around Shows

I've grown up in the public eye, and every decision I've made has always been so public and often inaccurately reported.

Martine McCutcheon

Decision Eye Always Up Been Made

You see figure skaters fall all the time. It's the way you pick yourself back up and keep going.

Michelle Kwan

Time Keep Going Yourself You Fall

You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices.

Moira Kelly

Voice Trying You Know Playing Like

It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.

Lucy Liu

Like Thing Basically

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.

Joyce Grenfell

Happiness Joy Pursuit Of Happiness