"I've been knocked down a lot of times."
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"I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could."
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"I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500."
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"We can never be like it was at Penn State with Joe Paterno. That was an anomaly in an of itself."
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"You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing"
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"I did the thing with bonds, which was about 30 million dollars, and didn't get none of the money on them."
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"You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves."
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"For goodness sake, look at those cakes."
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"When you touch me, good God."
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"Sometimes, you like to let the hair do the talking!"
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"If you don't get it the first time, back up and try it again."
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"Some like them fat, some like them tall, some like them short, skinny legs and all. I like them all."
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"I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated."
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"Music has to breathe and sweat. You have to play it live."
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"In our advanced technological age, most people deny the possibility of miracles.... Miracles don't happen, we are told, because they contravene the laws of nature and worse, they sound religious! Yet we live and move in a sea of miracle."
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"What everybody's looking for today, they're looking for escape-ism."
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"I used to think like Moses. That knocked me down for a couple years and put me in prison. Then I start thinking like Job. Job waited and became the wealthiest and richest man ever 'cause he believed in God."
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"Take those kids and raise them up, teach them how to drink out of a righteous cup."
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"I've been held responsible for taxes I know nothing about."
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"I'd rather be Jack be smart, than Jack be quick. Watch out for the man with the big fat licking stick."
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