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"I would sell 2 million records, a million went to teenagers and a million went to the adults. So, when The Beatles became so popular, I lost a million to the teenagers, but I was still selling a million to the adults."
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"The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it."
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"Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries."
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"After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather."
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"It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn't even allowed to board an airplane in this country can purchase as many real guns he wants with no questions asked."
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"It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything."
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"All of the sudden the audiences started getting younger and the spread of the attendance was really wide. I think it's as a result of the records selling more that they started following our careers."
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"Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in."
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"A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well."
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"Well, when I was younger, in high school, I started out smoking pot. Which escalated into taking acid on a regular basis, which escalated into selling acid. And then I started, when I went to college, I started doing opiates."
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"I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it."
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"I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers."
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"When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers."
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"All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would've done as good without an education."
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"To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years."
People
"The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music."
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"I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that."
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"Session musicians kind of respected me because what I was talking about made sense. That all came from an education. Believe me, education does you more good. Maybe that's the reason I've been around so long."
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"I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people."
Music
"Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music."
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"All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background."
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