SATURDAY THOUGHTS: BILL WITHERS

"My first song was a hit song, and they gave me a Grammy. That's motivation to...oh...then, I should do this again., you know, this is working out..."

"You have people with manners all over the world, and you have people without manners everywhere, also. I don't think you can assign that to being from some particular place. Decorum and things like that, we learn at home, when we're children...we do what we're licensed to do..."

"My ego didn't need the applause; approval. You can tell who wants a lot of attention...I sat on a stool with a guitar that I really didn't know how to play, but it kept me from having to dance, you know. What do you do with your hands?"

"I know what I'll be remembered for...You're remembered for the things that made the most noise...That's all there is, is other people. I ain't gonna remember myself!"

"I could have done better, but I did alright. That's the way I look at it...We are born into the situations we were born into, One day you are, and you try to do something with yourself. The best advice anybody ever gave me was very simple, "Go make something out of yourself.", so we do the best we can with that, but the whole goal of this is to try to make yourself interesting, 'cause nobody comes here to hide." 

~Bill Withers 

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