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"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great."
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"Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him."
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"Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable."
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"After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school."
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"I'm famous. That's my job."
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"Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns."
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"I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress."
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"I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous."
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"It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich."
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"I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning."
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"King Crimson were the only really famous band I'd been in."
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"Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap."
Love
"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."
Society
"There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, "If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.""
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"My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil."
Music
"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
"Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal."
Music
"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."
Soul
"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
"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
"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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