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"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great."
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"The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result."
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"To be famous and broke is hard."
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"The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better."
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"Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion."
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"There were so much affairs of me created by the media... of course I was not always a true single. I had some relations, once also to a famous pop star."
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"Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world."
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"I want to be famous everywhere."
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"You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!"
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"It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous."
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"None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone."
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"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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"Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap."
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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."
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"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

"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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"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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"There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities."
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"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great."
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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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"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
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