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"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."
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"I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex."
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"There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick."
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"Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him."
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"I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead."
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"Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before."
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"My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it."
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"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
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"I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good."
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"Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows."
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"The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply."
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"I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing."
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"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."
Food
"My version of "Georgia" became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching."
People
"Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor."
Music
"Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory."
Music
"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great."
Famous
"The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done."
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"What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man."
Music
"Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine."
People
"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room."
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