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"There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday."
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"We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all."
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"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."
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"I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears."
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"It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one."
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"Before I ever put anything on paper, Jerry and I would talk back and forth."
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"I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about."
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"You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host."
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"Tombstones don't talk back."
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"I'm guarded; I don't talk much."
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"I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it."
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"When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs."
Interest
"When I started writing it was kind of hard getting people to do my stuff. They' say they couldn't do my style."
People
"I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today."
Career
"I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work."
Time
"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."
Birthday
"There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday."
Talk
"I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that."
Politics
"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."
Music
"I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it."
Music
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