"I wrote 'Millie's Cafe' driving out of Ft. Worth, Texas one time. I was in a dust storm in my old bus. Beer inside. It was like a sailboat, you know...we couldn't see anything. Some things about Texas are so different than Ontario. I was just thinking about how different it is from where I live and, you know, whatever happens to inspire a song happened."

-- Fred Eaglesmith

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Beer Quotes

“Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect.”
“I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.”
“Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their blessings upon man.”

Source : Ellsworth Huntington (2016). “A Chronicle of Aboriginal America: Juvenile History - - American”, p.38, VM eBooks
“It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.”

Source : Quoted in Reader's Digest, Sept. 1949. According to Nigel Rees, Cassell's Humorous Quotations, the following appeared in Punch in 1924: " 'It took me nearly ten years to learn that I couldn't write.' 'I suppose you gave it up then?' 'Oh, no! By that time I had a reputation established.' " The issue referred to by Rees is 6 Feb., and the cartoonist is R. Curry.
“That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my (expletive) clothes.”
“Never interrupt me when I'm eating a banana.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When you host a show you have to hopefully be funny at the top and set the tone for a really fun evening.”
“Seeing is in some respect an art, which must be learnt.”

Source : William Herschel (2013). “The Scientific Papers of Sir William Herschel”, p.33, Cambridge University Press

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