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"I'd just hit the Billboard thing, and I had a good feeling. About a month ago, I received a call that said I was in the running, that I'd made the final 25. So I just wanted to place."
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"Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices."
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"When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language."
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"I can remember feeling very angry, and saying no! I can do it myself! From that point of view it was very emotional for me to get myself to the point to sit in the chair and be "up"."
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"Feelings have the divine attracting power. Feelings are the only link between you and everything around you."
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"I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again."
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"If you are feeling something, then Shakespeare felt it and wrote about it - and wrote about it so eloquently."
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"Feelings are the language of the heart. Everything else is static noise."
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"I know it is all right. I wish I could make you feel so, I wish I could describe my feelings."
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"I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine."
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"That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing."
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"The biggest deal for me was that all 24 winners are placed on the Billboard CD of the Year, which went out to 500 of the biggest Music Reps in the business, from radio and press to management and booking."
Music
"You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard."
Work
"I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, 'Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you're very busy,' and usually, they will."
Time
"You get a letter from her agency embracing you into the family that says, 'It is our goal now to help you achieve your dream of being a songwriter, in John's memory.'"
Family
"I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money."
Money
"Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I'm 46, I've worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states."
Mom
"I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it."
Time
"I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline."
Day
"He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I'd won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing 'When it's time to relax, one beer stands clear... '"
Time
"As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market."
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