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You see, I wanted to sing gos...

You see, I wanted to sing gospel, but I wanted to make me some money, too.

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I'd lived in New Jersey for 3...

I'd lived in New Jersey for 30 years. That was long enough. It's too crowded up there, and it's a very dangerous place to live. There's a whole lotta crime.

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I heard Otis Redding singing ...

I heard Otis Redding singing 'These Arms of Mine' and I knew that was the band I needed.

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When I make a record, I want ...

When I make a record, I want to use some electronics, although I still want to keep things pretty basic.

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The baddest woman in my book....

The baddest woman in my book... my mother. I get scared of her now. She used to hit me with anything, skillets, stove wood.

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Joe Stubbs was very jealous o...

Joe Stubbs was very jealous of me, especially after 'I Found a Love.' We'd be on stage and he'd lay traps for me, make me look bad.

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We used to have a lot of fun....

We used to have a lot of fun. We got cheated out of a lot of money, but we seemed to enjoy ourselves anyway.

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I write about things that are...

I write about things that are really happening, serious things.

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I took a long rest period. I ...

I took a long rest period. I didn't know heads or tails of what anybody wanted; it seemed as if R&B had been put on the shelf.

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All my ideas have blown away ...

All my ideas have blown away with the wind.

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You can talk about all the gr...

You can talk about all the great guitarists you want Jimi Hendrix or whoever but as far as I'm concerned, Duane Allman is the best. No one ever played like him.

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I had recorded a song 'If You...

I had recorded a song 'If You Need Me' for the Correc-Tone label, but it was a small label and distribution was a problem.

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I live in Virginia alone, and...

I live in Virginia alone, and sometimes there's too much time to think. So you turn on the TV, but sometimes that don't do, so you turn the music on, and sometimes that don't do, and so you try and write a song, and sometimes that don't do... So you just take it as it comes.

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Singing like I do is very har...

Singing like I do is very hard, and as you get older, it's getting harder and harder all the time.

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Put your hands on your hip, l...

Put your hands on your hip, let your back bone slip. Do the Watusi, like my little Lucy.

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I'm going to wait til the mid...

I'm going to wait til the midnight hour, that's when my love begins to shine.

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I'd start to sing, and the re...

I'd start to sing, and the record would start skipping. You'd be skipping along with it. Those were the days, my friend. We'd look so stupid, but the kids loved it.

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The older songs were better s...

The older songs were better songs, because they had lyrics with a story to tell. Aretha and Otis told stories.

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If you get the disco or rap f...

If you get the disco or rap format on the radio, an R&B record doesn't fit, because it will break up the mood.

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I can't keep singing 'Midnigh...

I can't keep singing 'Midnight Hour' for the rest of life. I gotta change.

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

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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....