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Apparently I was a Billboard ...

Apparently I was a Billboard top touring act of 1973, but nobody told me.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

Actually, I didn't listen to ...

Actually, I didn't listen to country music very much in Oklahoma. I listened to blues and rock n' roll.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

I am not aware of my public i...

I am not aware of my public image or what people think of me. I don't evaluate myself that way.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

All my writing takes place du...

All my writing takes place during the recording of the master tapes. I never do have songs when I start up an album. I actually write them while I record.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

For years, when I was popular...

For years, when I was popular, I would face the blank page to write, and I couldn't think of anything that I thought was good enough.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

One of the features of being ...

One of the features of being a piano player is playing as an accompanist for other people.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

I didn't start out to become ...

I didn't start out to become famous, so when it disappeared, I thought, well, that happens sometimes.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

I used to play on Phil Specto...

I used to play on Phil Spector's records, and he liked to use three pianists.

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I scarcely talk to reporters ...

I scarcely talk to reporters at all.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

My chops have always been sor...

My chops have always been sort of weak, because the right side of my body was paralyzed a little bit. It was very limiting. I have to design stuff I can play, and it took me a year and a half to figure out how to hold a guitar pick.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

I started writing rather late...

I started writing rather late in the game. I was fascinated about the story about how Bob Dylan, for 'Nashville Skyline,' wrote between takes. So I'd try to sing new songs off the top of my head. I had rather less than spectacular success on that. But a lot of my songs were done that way.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

I was with my band at a karao...

I was with my band at a karaoke bar in Japan when it was very big there, and they got up and made fools of themselves without practicing properly. I didn't understand why they were doing that. It was like they were making fun of the genre by performing badly. But I didn't get up and sing, so I don't know what it feels like.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

I studied classical music for...

I studied classical music for a long time, maybe 10 years, and I realized finally I was never going to have the hands to play that stuff.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

When I was born, I had a birt...

When I was born, I had a birth injury in my second and third vertebrae. It gave me what they called spastic paralysis, which is actually cerebral palsy.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

When I say I don't get involv...

When I say I don't get involved in politics, I merely mean that I don't talk to reporters about it.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

Karen Carpenter was just a si...

Karen Carpenter was just a singularly amazing singer. There was just not anybody like her.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

I got this book called 'How t...

I got this book called 'How to Write the Popular Song.' I read that and went through all the things they suggested, and I learned how to do it.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

My whole family's been involv...

My whole family's been involved with music, and it's been so since the minstrel days.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

Songwriting was very tough fo...

Songwriting was very tough for me... I would go in and sit and hope for inspiration to come, and it was rarely forthcoming.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

I'm not so much of a person f...

I'm not so much of a person for causes, unless I specifically - for instance, if it's my cause, or some poor people's, I'll try to help. But you won't find me playing for any peace candidates - or any candidates.

Leon Russell 11 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....