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"That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to."
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"I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs."
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"Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder."
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"When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could."
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"When there's music in your soul, there's soul in your music."
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"What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order."
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"What kind of songs do you like? she asked."The ones that remind me of you," I said."
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"I usually think in terms of music."
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"It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry."
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"Music has the ability to express in the upbeat every brilliant aspect of existence, while on the downbeat convey the anguish that a human being experiences when apprehending the fleeting nature of time, and the mysterious torture of living and dying. Music stands alone in its ability to communicate the symbols and phases of life, both being and nonbeing."
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"Music is the silence between the notes."
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"Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist."
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"When you write a song, a song has longevity."
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"You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it."
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"We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives."
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"One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth."
Family
"We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves."
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"You know what, life is full of temptations."
Life
"That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to."
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"As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money."
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"Songwriting is my gift from God."
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