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I think teen-age love is a great thing. There’s nothing quite like it and never will be for the rest of your life.
Tom JonesTom Jones I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening.
Tom JonesTom Jones Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That’s why I love vegetables, you know what they’re about!
Tom JonesTom Jones I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.
Tom JonesTom Jones Time is my enemy. Time will catch up with me vocally. And I dread that. I dread to think about life without singing.
Tom JonesTom Jones It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home.
Tom JonesTom Jones Dont just do something because everybody else is doing it- do it your own way!
Tom JonesTom Jones Once heard, Never forgotten!
Tom JonesTom Jones You can’t lose the essence of a song. I try to enhance it more than anything else.
Tom JonesTom Jones I’ve always felt myself as being a serious singer.
Tom JonesTom Jones You are only a young talent, but we don’t know how old your soul is.
Tom JonesTom Jones Love is in the air everywhere I look around. Love is in the air every sight and every sound.
Tom JonesTom Jones We won best breakthrough video, it meant so much to me to win that award, it was a turning point in my career.
Tom JonesTom Jones Pussy cat, pussy cat, I love you, yes I do. You and your pussy cat nose.
Tom JonesTom Jones I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.
Tom JonesTom Jones I think when you’ve lived a bit, you read more into the songs. I do, anyway. And you’re sort of living the songs rather than performing them,
Tom JonesTom Jones
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Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day, every day, for about 40 years and it never occurred to me it’d kill me.
Ahmet ErtegunAhmet Ertegun Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
Tom WaitsTom Waits You must learn to drink the cup of life as it comes … without stirring it up from the bottom. That’s where the bitter dregs are!
Agnes Sligh TurnbullAgnes Sligh Turnbull Wake up early. Drink some juice, and eat well. Work hard. Be ambitious. Keep your priorities straight, your mind right, and your head up. Do well, live well, love well, and dress really well. Do what you love, love what you do. It is time to start living.
AnonymousAnonymous Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
Tom PettyTom Petty Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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