Pinetop Perkins Quotes

I grew up hard. I picked cotton and plowed with the mule and fixed the cars and played with the guitar and the piano.

Pinetop Perkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 7, 1913 - March 21, 2011

Topics

GuitarHardCottonUpMulePiano

From the top of a high rock, I obtained a good few of the most extensive and dreary wilderness I ever beheld. It chilled the heart to gaze on these barrens of Labrador. Indeed, I now dread every change of harbor, so horridly rugged and dangerous is the whole coast and country to the eye, and to the experienced man either of the sea or the land.

John James Audubon

ChangeGoodHeartSeaManEye

It is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government.

Robert Jackson

BestGovernmentCountryNextRather

We all need songs that bring out our inner swagger just listening to it.

Andy Grammer

ListeningNeedOutBringSwagger

I'd like to put together a think tank of people - economists, futurists, city planners, a few department-store people - to discuss reinventing the department store.

Stanley Marcus

TogetherPeopleCityThinkLikeFew

I think the older you get, the more lax you get, and the less romantic you are.

Tom Cullen

RomanticThinkYouMoreGetOlder

Some of the storytelling we did in 'Battlestar Galactica,' to graft that onto 'Star Trek,' it would have required changing the entire format of the show and, really, a different taste of the show.

Ronald D. Moore

StorytellingTasteStarChangingDid

If they want to party and do all the things I say brought me sadness in my song, with my song as the soundtrack... so be it.

Mike Posner

MeSongSadnessPartySayWant

I am looking forward to seeing my buddy Colin represent in front of Pacino. That's sweet.

Michelle Rodriguez

I AmLooking ForwardSweetForward

Gabriel Gonzaga is a very solid fighter, and I've seen some of his fights. He's a tough guy.

Mirko Cro Cop

ToughFighterTough GuySeenGuyHe

Every actor is like, 'I could direct!'

Domhnall Gleeson

ActorLikeDirectEveryCould

We have to accept the world has become this place where we have to interact with people who are very different from us.

Diego Luna

PeopleWorldPlaceAcceptBecomeUs

When you make something, cleaning it out of structural debris is one of the most vital things you do.

Christopher Alexander

YouCleaningOutThingsSomething

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