Little Richard Quotes

Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I'm gonna make a song that sounds like that.

Little Richard

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There's no secret to working with kids. They either charm you and you can work with them, or they don't charm you and you feel you're stuck with them.

Jerome Robbins

WorkFeelYouSecretCharmWorking

I was a big fan of 'Days of Our Lives' growing up.

Jenny Lewis

Growing UpGrowingUpDaysBigFan

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy.

John Maynard Keynes

PowerIdeasMayGreaterErrorsThan

If Poindexter made a comment to me like that, it would have been in the context of once the authorized program is approved there would be no point in having any of these private benefactors any longer.

Robert M. Gates

MePointContextCommentBeenMade

I can't think of a better place to be than Scottsville, Virginia.

Robert Hurt

ThinkBetterPlaceBetter PlaceThan

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

Simon Cowell

PeopleLookingThinkPerfectShould

We're not really trying to do anything besides represent where we come from, and that's New Orleans.

Trombone Shorty

TryingNewNew OrleansAnythingCome

There are a lot of westerns that deal with people standing up for their principles, and that is the predominant theme that has been in my films.

Rod Lurie

PeoplePrinciplesThemeUpStanding

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

Rupert Holmes

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In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form.

Mike Figgis

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While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.

Michele Bachmann

I AmPoliticalSexismExistCiteAm

With solo shows, you have complete control over the set list. If you feel like you want to do something different or do a new song, you can just work it in. You can talk to the audience or not talk to the audience. There's nothing that's set.

Mitski

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