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Tommy James

"I'm not quite sure. Probably because "Hanky Panky" and "I Think We're Alone Now" had more to do with it than anything else. For some reason, staccato eighth notes on a bass sounded like bubblegum. Basically, groups like the 1910 Fruitgum Co. took my early format and kind of perverted it, and made these mindless pre-fab hits over and over. In the 60s, anybody who was making commercial music, that is music that didn't have a political slant to it, or wasn't taking drugs, was bubblegum. And that term kind of hung on a lot of people back then, and it's unfortunate."

-- Tommy James

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“I am the youngest of 14 children, so I rarely got a chance to speak. If I have an opportunity for talking, I talk”
“Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice - keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.”
“As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.”
“It's all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Douglas from Apr 25, 2013
“I played football the only way I knew. If you have the football and 11 guys are after you - if you're smart - you'll run. It was no big deal.”
“There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heartâ€™s Desire.”
“The god of music dwelleth out of doors.”
“Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness. Â Everything has to be filled in, it seems-appointment books, hillsides, vacant lots-but when all the spaces are filled, the LonelinessÂ really begins. Â Then the Groups are joined, the Classes are signed up for, and the Gift-to-Yourself items are bought. Â When the Loneliness starts creeping in the door, the Television Set is turned on to make it go away. Â But it doesn't go away. Â So some of usÂ doÂ instead, and after discarding the emptiness of the Big Congested Mess, we discover the fullness of Nothing.”

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