Doc Pomus famous quotes
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I didn't want to be the crippled songwriter or the crippled singer. I wanted to be the singer or the songwriter who was crippled. I wanted to be larger than life and a man among men.
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Willy DeVille knows the truth of a city street and the courage in a ghetto love song. And the harsh reality in his voice and phrasing is yesterday, today, and tomorrow - timeless in the same way that loneliness, no money, and troubles find each other and never quit for a minute.
-- Doc Pomus
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God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.
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The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.
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Men have presented their plans and philosophies for the remedying of earth's ills, but Jesus stands alone in presenting not a system, but His own personality as capable of supplying the needs of the soul.
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You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
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I want to go beyond the restrictions of language, religion and caste, and music is the only thing that allows me to do that.
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There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life.
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Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.
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I know my own weaknesses as a human being, and as a musician, as a singer and as a woman.
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As a singer you're a great dancer.
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The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group.
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