Otis Blackwell Quotes

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like.

Otis Blackwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MusicGreatMeFameKindNashville

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.

Andrew Cuomo

WarPovertyNeverMaybe

The team at the Space Telescope Science Institute has a demonstrated record of meeting the high-performance challenges of operating the Hubble Space Telescope and preparing for the James Webb Space Telescope.

John M. Grunsfeld

ScienceSpaceTeamChallengesHubble

I honestly love any good chick flick, as long as it's a good movie or pretty funny. 'Love Actually' is a no-brainer.

Matt McGorry

FunnyLoveGoodLongGood MovieAny

And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.

Alphonso Jackson

BusinessPeopleSmallCountryMost

I don't know what pressures there are these days.

Trevor McDonald

KnowDaysPressures

My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.

Tony Curtis

WorldNavyNeighborhoodWholeBronx

I worked three summers putting in sewer pipe and guardrail on the road in Ohio.

Roger Ailes

RoadThreeOhioPipeSewerPutting

I didn't live the lifestyle of the rich and famous. My diapers were nappy cloth. I didn't live in a big house.

Rohan Marley

LiveRichFamousHouseLifestyle

Tennis is the purest form of democracy. There was a symbiotic, chicken-and-egg relationship for me between democracy and tennis.

Martina Navratilova

RelationshipMeDemocracyTennis

Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner.

Don Shula

FootballTeamGameThinkingWinner

When you've been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn't have to act perfect all the time.

Drew Barrymore

TimePeopleQuestionsYouPerfect

Singers are definitely getting their due in Bollywood. I feel that music composers, on the other hand, tend to lose out on the popularity, fame, and success that singers usually enjoy.

Armaan Malik

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