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Otis Blackwell Quotes

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days.

Otis Blackwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: February 16, 1932 - May 6, 2002

Topics

Birthday People College Me Speak Go

I would sing to my Beanie Babies, and I sort of created this alternate universe where I was famous, and there were thousands of people that I was singing to.

Mary Lambert

People Singing Famous Universe Sing

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Martin Niemoller

Me Speak Out Left Then Came

People say, 'I'm only suing for the principle of the thing,' and I reply that I can't give you principle - only money.

Joseph Wapner

Money People You Say People Say

Karma is experience, and experience creates memory, and memory creates imagination and desire, and desire creates karma again. If I buy a cup of coffee, that's karma. I now have that memory that might give me the potential desire for having cappuccino, and I walk into Starbucks, and there's karma all over again.

Deepak Chopra

Coffee Experience Walk Imagination

I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star.

Ally Sheedy

Work Ambition Desire Star Actress

Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.

Allen Iverson

Me Fame Brown Player Hall Molded

You have to pay attention to the moments when you've felt on top on the world. I remember the first time I was on stage, I was doing 'West Side Story,' I was 17 and this woman was crying because she liked what I was doing so much.

Sebastian Stan

Time Woman World Story Moments You

I was only in LA for two weeks when I got that job. And I didn't work again for two years.

Nicole Sullivan

Work Job Two Years Got Again

In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more.

Linda Ronstadt

Learning Music Sports Great Teamwork

It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People in America say how polished our band are, but that didn't happen overnight; that came from doing all this touring back home.

Kimbra

Home Great People America Doing New

I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing. That doesn't mean my books are autobiographical.

Janet Fitch

Me Writing Know My Own Explore Mean

I had a MRSA infection on my ankle. At the time, I had never heard of MRSA. I didn't really know a whole lot about it. It really scared me.

Grant Hill

Time Me Know Never Scared Whole