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Jimmy Carl Black

"I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though."

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"I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though."

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"Losing your job brings you closer to your destiny."

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"Getting fired from work is not a tragedy."

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"Joblessness brings you face to face with destiny."

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"Losing your job shows you the worth of your time rather the worth of money."

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"My first career was as a coach and a teacher."

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"Follow your passion and learn how to make money at it. Or don't follow your passion and learn to make money at that. They are the same. It's a choice."

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"I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday, I was already regretting it. And I regretted it every day since."

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"You can't buy back your respect; you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up."

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"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."

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"I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it was a great picture. We weren't the first band to do a picture in drag; The Rolling Stones were. If it was good enough for them then it had to be good enough for us."
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"Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you where the door was. Period."
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"I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did."
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"It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then again, I'm 62 years old now and I think that lifestyle would probably put me where Frank's at now."
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"I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own."
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"I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception."
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"First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time."
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"It would make me feel that creative art has a chance in this crazy world that we all live in."
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"My webmaster lives in Munich and is a very dear friend of mine. He is doing a great job on the site and it is constantly being updated and always will."
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"My drum sticks are in the "Hall of Fame." I know that."
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