Gordon Lightfoot Quotes

I just do the cream-of-the-crop songs in my show. We just bowl them over; they love us. It just keeps getting better.

Gordon Lightfoot

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LoveBetterGetting BetterOverUs

I've established a certain voice over my albums. It can be an obstacle, but in the end, I think it's a strength, because I can build upon that voice, which is ultimately very much mine.

Jens Lekman

StrengthVoiceThinkEndI CanOver

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

Jean Paul

LifeManWeatherHimCornerWhence

I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind of dancing you had to do in 'West Side Story,' which was called jazz.

Rita Moreno

GreatStoryYouDownKindJazz

I read a lot of fantasy as a kid. I read 'The Hobbit' and all of the 'Lord of the Rings' books, but I also read a lot of realism like 'The Outsiders.'

Lisa Papademetriou

FantasyKidLordRingsRealismLike

My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old, and I thought it was big time.

Dolly Parton

TimeJobSingingThoughtOldRadio

It simply isn't fair for senators to cut to the front of the line when seniors around the country have been forced to wait for hours to get a flu shot.

Dick Durbin

WaitCountryFairFluLineSeniors

That was the impetus for me to do music or art, because I knew if I didn't try when I was young, then I would get to be in my 40's and I'd be really unhappy that I hadn't.

Debbie Harry

MusicArtMeUnhappyYoungTry

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Anton Chekhov

WinterWisdomHappyPeopleSummer

Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.

Sheena Easton

LifeDecisionsMy LifeEarlyMy Own

Well, I think people don't recognise my face because I'm so much older now, but it is astonishing that people can recognise a voice. I do sometimes get recognised, and indeed a lot of people do come and see me.

Tom Baker

PeopleMeVoiceFaceThinkNow

My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out.

Ryan Lochte

WaterAirOutUpSuitParachute

I was never a fan of cozy mysteries of anything set in the countryside, you know.

Mark Billingham

YouCozyKnowNeverAnythingFan

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