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When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.


Otis Blackwell

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CARRE OTIS Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to...
CARRE OTIS I only served with them 64 days as a mechanic in Italy,
JAMES OTIS It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little f...
JAMES OTIS But I would assert that despite the wide variety of yoga options and individual preferences, there i...
CARRE OTIS I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instrume...
JAMES OTIS My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acre...
CARRE OTIS My costume wasn't quite as sexy as hers. She caught me completely off guard. I didn't know who this ...
MARK OTIS We had outstanding financial results despite some difficult prior year comparisons.
CLARENCE OTIS I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn...
CARRE OTIS Jesus will judge us not only for what we did, but also for what we could have done and didn't
GEORGE OTIS I kept calling to try and go out with her. Her mother kept screening the calls.
MARK OTIS I could not have made it without the support from the community and family. I still miss my wife, bu...
LARRY OTIS It is all about how God can use my abilities for the future. It is God using me. I'm just a tool.
LARRY OTIS I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers...
CARRE OTIS While women across the globe have many differences - language, culture, environment - our similariti...
CARRE OTIS Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity an...
CARRE OTIS I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike.
CARRE OTIS Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems t...
CARRE OTIS MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider th...
JAMES OTIS [Brawley blames poor access to health care and lower standards of care for black women.] While we ha...
OTIS BRAWLEY Buy my records so I can buy a Porsche!
OTIS TAYLOR There's no need to panic, and this could actually make our team stronger in the long run. We have to...
OTIS SMITH Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
ALICE STONE BLACKWELL Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.
ANTOINETTE BROWN BLACKWELL We fully believed, so soon as we saw that woman's suffrage was right, every one would soon see the s...
ANTOINETTE BROWN BLACKWELL The sexes in each species of being... are always true equivalents - equals but not identical.
ANTOINETTE BROWN BLACKWELL