Ray Stevens Quotes

George Jones may be gone but his music will live on forever. What a great voice and a great friend.

Osama, yo Mama didn't raise you right. When you were young, she must have wrapped your turban too tight.

Everything is beautiful in its own way.

There is none so blind as he who will not see. We must not close our minds, we must let our thoughts be free. For every hour that passes by, we know the world gets a little bit older, it's time to realize that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.

Whatever you think, don't never, unless you will.

The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and it becomes very influential.

Do you qualify to be alive or is the limit of your senses so as to survive?

Take your love and put it where the sun don't shine.

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.

If 10% is good enough for Jesus, it oughta be enough for Uncle Sam.

Take the wonder drug that cures all your ills, take Jeremiah Peabody's polyunsaturated, quick dissolving, fast acting, pleasant tasting, green and purple pills.

I'm a terrible trumpet player...

They call him the Streak, he likes to turn the other cheek. He's always making the news, wearing just his tennis shoes.

Everything is beautiful in it's own way. Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter's day. And everybody's beautiful in their own way. Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find the way.

Bill Justis was a saxophone player, good musician, arranger, and friend of mine who had a big hit called Raunchy.

I originally passed on Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head in 1969, so they gave it to B.J. Thomas.