Corey Smith Quotes

#1. I'm completely obsessed with Andrew Smith's 'Winger.' A great, hilarious, and moving story.

John Corey Whaley

#2. I believe that people want to hear good songs and they want to be moved.

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#3. There are a lot of people who talk about a formula for being able to start a fan base. But for me, it's been about songs and just being hard on myself as a writer, feeling like there is a purpose to it all.

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#4. I find that it is useless to worry about things I can't control and I can't control how many people come out tonight. All I can do is focus on writing the best songs I can write and performing the best I can perform.

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#5. You're always the person you were when you were born," she says impatiently. "You just keep finding new ways to express it.

Gloria Steinem

#6. [Kids] are just like annoying short people

Hank Azaria

#7. A ninnyhammer," Jane said, "sounds like a magic hammer. One that I can use to smite ninnies. I have a great need for one of those.

Courtney Milan

#8. The people you save won't celebrate you. They'll gather the wood and cheer while you burn.

Julie Berry

#9. The most important thing is writing songs that resonate and giving people a chance to listen to them.

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#10. Athens, much like Austin, is a difficult music scene. There are so many musicians there that it is hard to get gigs and hard for people to take you seriously.

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#11. In many ways my writing is like therapy. It is my way of dealing with things.

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#12. When your identity switch from the personal identity to the eternal self, no fear of death or karmic bondage arise in you.

Roshan Sharma

#13. I get asked if I mind when someone burns my music. I'm just flattered that people want to.

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#14. I just try to stay honest with myself and in doing that I feel like the songs are going to resonate.

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#15. When I deal with my struggles in my songs, I feel like most people are going to identify with my struggles because they are essentially dealing with the same things.

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#16. I think people just want to hear good songs and I just want to keep getting better as a writer so that I can deliver good songs.

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#17. I hardly ever so longed to live to God and to be altigether devoted to Him. i want to wear out my life in His service, and for His Glory!!

David Brainerd

#18. I write very personal songs. Subject matter is usually derived from some internal struggle that I am having.

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#19. You can always borrow a million dollars faster than you can earn it working a job!

Corey P. Smith

#20. When I think about my career and how it all started, it really started with me getting to a point where I understood how to write songs that resonated with people.

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#21. To live is to struggle and to struggle is to grow.

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#22. I don't worry so much about whether people are buying my music or getting it for free.

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#23. I believe that most people aren't that different from one another. Although we might appear to be different on the surface, I think ultimately we all go through the same struggles.

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