Bill Medley Quotes

For Bobby and I to sing R&B and sound black was probably the stupidest thing we could do. White radio stations wouldn't play us because they thought we were black. Black stations wouldn't play us because they thought we were white. Any time you break ground, you go against the grain.

Bill Medley

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TimeBlackThoughtYouWhitePlay

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

GoodManGood ManFriendsYouBad

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.

Anatole France

EducationMemoryYouKnowCommitted

The first time we went to the ACMs, no one really knew who we were.

Matthew Ramsey

TimeFirst TimeFirstWhoKnewWere

My father is from Jamaica, my mother is from the U.K., but I was adopted as an infant by a really wonderful family in Alberta, Canada. What we refer to as 'Texas of the North.'

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

FamilyFatherMotherTexasCanada

With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD.

Michael Bolton

PeopleInternetWantMoreSeeBuy

I have nothing against people having work done, it is when I hear tale of girls of 16 queuing up to get bigger breasts, that is when I despair.

Amanda Burton

WorkPeopleDoneNothingDespairUp

I used to steal my father's cologne, and it was so strong. My mother would always know when I did because it was so intrusive. That's why I like Evolution - it's a strong yet subtle scent.

Trey Songz

FatherMotherStrongEvolutionKnow

Sting and I have six kids between us. A lot of members of our family have ADHD and dyslexia.

Trudie Styler

FamilyUsKidsSixBetweenOur

Much like film, authors spend a fair amount of time alone in the creative process, tossing their work out into what can feel like an abyss, void of real people.

Mary Pilon

WorkAloneTimeCreativePeople

The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road.

Lisa Loeb

GreatHumorPizzaMeRoadMovies

Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same direction; otherwise, you cannot plough and that is what was happening in Colombia. One ox was walking in one direction, the other in another direction, so the democracy was not working.

Juan Manuel Santos

WalkDemocracyDirectionWalkingYou

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.

Jean de la Bruyere

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