"I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became a successful pop singer, even though the kind of music I liked was more elitist, which is what I'm trying to get back to."

-- Lulu

#Successful Quotes #Black Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Kaldar smiled at her. Now there was a work of art. If she were just a girl and he were just a man, and they met at a party, that smile would've guaranteed him a date. The man was hot. There was no doubt. But right now, all it would get him was a solid punch in those even teeth. Audrey laughed. "Aren't you sweet? Tell me, do girls usually throw their panties at you when you do that?" He grinned wider, and she glimpsed the funny evil spark in his eyes. "Do men throw money when you do your little Southern belle?”
“The house had a name. The Banana House. It was carved onto a piece of sandstone above the front door. It made no sense to anyone.”

Source : Hilary McKay (2002). “Saffy's Angel”, p.12, Simon and Schuster
“right' i said. 'but first, we need the car. and after that, the cocaine. and then the tape recorder, for special music, and some acapulco shirts.”
“To see the earth as we now see it, small and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the unending night ~ brothers who see now they are truly brothers.”

Source : Riders on the Earth "Bubble of Blue Air" (1978)
“You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth.”
“You can't really give away anything in your book ... should be exciting, it's my life, and I'm a cool and exciting guy.”
“I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.”
“Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be.”

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