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"I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas."
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"When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states."
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"But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania."
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"The United States is a beautiful place, you know?"
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"Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state."
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"When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained."
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"The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy."
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"Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to."
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"You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated out."
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"Every chemical reaction has a transition state."
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"I have this cozy house here and I get three pensions from the States. I've done nicely."
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"It's just different today. Nobody seems to last too long these days. I wouldn't know how to get started today."
Today
"I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition."
Competition
"I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas."
State
"Today, you're either very big or you're playing stadiums or you're not playing anymore. You're either popular where everybody will go to a 20,000 seat arena to see you or they won't go to see you at all."
Popular
"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."
Dance
"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
"Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer."
Thought
"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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"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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"Most of those takes were one take. I made those records in three minutes. I didn't have time to get nervous or scared the first time I sang it. It was all 'live' and I enjoyed it so much."
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