Freedy Johnston famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I'm a snake oil salesman as much as anyone else, but I try to keep something for myself.
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Most people like me are having a tough time. But it's fine. I don't really think about it as a career. I don't need to have a million bucks, but it keeps me in music and without a day job, so it's working out fine.
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The most sophisticated pop musician that I knew of and liked was Paul McCartney.
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At that time there was, but they didn't have the guitar I wanted. There are only about 2000 people there and the next town was Dodge City 40 or 50 miles away and I didn't have a car. So it was easier to order it through the mail - which you shouldn't do. But it turned out okay. It was one of those Ovations - there's not much danger in ordering one of those.
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Well I'm not a storyteller, as far as telling stories which relate to experiences in my own life. That's not what I do. I write songs which have a narrative and attempt to make sense and tell a story - sure! But whenever I hear the word "storyteller" I think of a children's musician.
-- Freedy Johnston
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To use a Southern euphemism, our space program has been snake-bit.
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ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.
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[St. Patrick] was a terror to any snake that came in his path, whether it was the cold, slimy reptile sliding along the ground or the more dangerous snake that oppresses men through false teachings. And he drove the snakes out of the minds of men, snakes of superstition and brutality and cruelty.
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Well, it's a lot less dangerous - working with snakes and mountaibn lions and dangerous animals - than working in Hollywood [laughs]. Hollwood will kill you.
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American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil,
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The Iraq War is largely about oil.
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I didn't moisturise when I was younger, but when I got to 27 I decided to start slathering myself in oil, and now I'm obsessed with moisturising.
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Try lighting your house by prayer instead of electricity and see which one works.
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The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.
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I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.
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