#oh

My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a lot of music and the songs that he'd learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even. ↗

— Martina McBride

#artists #band #conway #country #country music

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate. ↗

— John McCain

#could #days #decency #dream #emulate

Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#alcoholic #more #patient #pick #time

There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#believe #disease #many #people #say

I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#did #i #john #leader #look

Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.' ↗

— Paul McCartney

#down #huge #i #john #literally

John's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#effort #him #honorable #jesus #john

I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#anything #days #feel #five #here

I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#anyway #death #enough #get #got

Someone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't like either to interfere with the other. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#either #end #interfere #john #like