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American singer-songwriter, Birth: 31-12-1930, Death: 2-12-2008
1.
The better we feel about ourselves, the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall.
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2.
If your neighbor looks at you like they don't enjoy the key you're singing in, look right back, bless them, and keep on singing.
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3.
You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.
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4.
The blues is celebration, because when you take sorrow and turn it into music, you transform it.
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5.
No one can dub you with dignity. That's yours to claim.
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