#ky

I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#bad #both #by the time #deep #develop

If I wasn't doing this kind of exploration, I'd like to be doing some other kind of exploration. It might be more risky, or less risky, but, in the business of exploration, risk is part of the territory. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#doing #exploration #i #kind #less

I have no idea why I won, man. I guess some people liked the music that I was doing. I'm just lucky. I was just doing my thing each week. ↗

— Phillip Phillips

#each #guess #i #idea #just

I've always believed that anyone can achieve their dreams, regardless. I've always had this attitude about no excuses. A belief that I can go on and do what I need to do. To go on, to succeed, regardless. ↗

— Kyle Maynard

#kyle #maynard #attitude

A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now. ↗

— Thomas Pynchon

#before #comes #compare #happened #nothing

I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell. ↗

— Robert Quine

#i #jackson #kenny #lewis #like

But there's no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky. ↗

— Jamie Redknapp

#i #looking #looking back #no point #point

I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news. ↗

— Dan Rather

#blessed #cbs #cbs news #dream #i

I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way. ↗

— Chita Rivera

#been #french #greek #i #italian

About two months into the Whisky, I borrowed some money and rented a remote recording truck. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

#borrowed #i #into #money #months