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"Hopefully I'll be the first Mexican-American going into Hillbilly Heaven."
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"I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum."
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"We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date."
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"At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been said, and what I think needs to be said at that point."
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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
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"I always begin to compose the melody first."
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"My first encounter with a Kelly was not on a musical scale. It was from primary school. Dave and I went to primary school together and we were like boy scouts."
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"My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came out in 1964."
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"The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure."
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"The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn."
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"It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going."
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"In my mind and in my heart, I feel okay. I cannot complain that I haven't lived long enough, but I'd like to live longer."
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"My sister and I were born in San Francisco. When our parents died, we came down here to live with relatives."
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"Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, it's about days very wrongly invested in a love affair."
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"They wanted to start recording rock 'n roll, and thought I had the right voice."
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"Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control."
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"I'm a romantic, and we romantics are more sensitive to the way people feel. We love more, and we hurt more. When we're hurt, we hurt for a long time."
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"Hopefully I'll be the first Mexican-American going into Hillbilly Heaven."
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"I was separated from my wife at the time. A lot of people think I wrote it about prison."
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