Al Green Quotes

At a certain age you’re always uncertain how other people will take you.
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Age Always Other People Take Uncertain
A collected poems’ is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.
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Collect Either Survival Testimonial
I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.
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Adjust Atheism Desperate Try Unhappy World
I’d never be able to see the shore.
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Able never See Shore
Teach them to think, ‘I’m not stupid’. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.
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Child Everyone Fall Stupid Succeed Teach Think Want
So that’s my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me – a little ministry called love and happiness.
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Big Gave Happiness Little Love Man Ministry Upstair
Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I’m one of those people.
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Believe Come Fairness People Rule Some
I’m not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.
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Formal God Religious Sense
In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.
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Desperate Kid Mind Own Sort
And it occurs to me that if I were aboard a rowboat floating in the middle of all the beer I’ve drunk in a lifetime,
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Abroad Beer Drunk Float Lifetime Middle Occur
I started writing when I was about thirteen.
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Start Thirteen Write
I don’t think I do have a soul.
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Have Soul Think
What they have forgotten they have forgotten: what they meant to do instead of fall is not in earth or time recoverable the fossils of intention, the shapes of rot.
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Earth Fall Forgotten Fossil Instead Intension Meant Recover Rot Time
Uneasily the leaves fall at this season, forgetting what to do or where to go; the red amnesiacs of autumn drifting thru the graveyard forest.
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Autumn Fall Forget Go Graveyard Leave Red Season Time Uneasily Where
If I could live my life all over I’d do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there’s no way lord, to leave this love behind.
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Behind Camera Everything Film Leave Life Love Over Same
Pakistan’s being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show
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Being Country Help Ought Show
I’m thankful for every moment.
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Every Moment Thankful
I did a whole concert in Atlanta with my fly open, and I had a black suit on and a white shirt. My white shirt was protruding from the fly.
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Black Concert Country Fly Open Prrotude Shirt Suit White Whole
I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world.
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Church Education Learn Stuff World
I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that’ll give you the shirt off their back.
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Aisle Black Found Give Off People Shirt Side Tak White
Trials can be hard, if you don’t know God.
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God Hard Religion Religious Trial
I didn’t have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.
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Mama Measure Mother Other Stature Women
Suicide is not an answer, it’s destruction.
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Answer Destruction Suicide
No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.
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Child Everyone Fail Succeed Want
And I’ve also found people that won’t give you a piece of bread if you’re starving to death.
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Bread Death Found Give People Piece Starve
Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves.
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Before Believe Responsibility Success Teach Themselves
The music is the message, the message is the music.
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Message Music Sound Track

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