Elliott Yamin Quotes

#1. I'm still Elliott Yamin. I'm still the funky white Jewish boy from Richmond, Va.

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#2. My process of preparing for any type of psychic work is to meditate and pray the rosary.

John Edward

#3. Before 'Idol,' I was lost ... Now, I've actually followed through with something. I am a better man for it!

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#4. Growing up, I can remember singing along with my ma all of the time. I wouldn't say she necessarily 'taught' me how to sing, but she was definitely the first person to inspire me to sing and the first to intrigue me vocally. I've always had a natural ear for music, though.

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#5. I come from a family with big hearts, so I love to put smiles on people's faces.

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#6. We are not loved by our friends for what we are; rather, we are loved in spite of what we are.

Victor Hugo

#7. My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their homeland and he grew up in Israel. I've been there twice, once as a baby and once when I was 15.

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#8. A little town is like a lantern. Nothing's hid from sight.

Rachel Field

#9. Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.

John Hawkes

#10. You can't write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about.

Irving Berlin

#11. When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's sound. It's just part of who I am - I'm just a soulful kind of dude.

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#12. I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.

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#13. Quite frankly, I'm tired of taking insulin and pumping my stomach every three days and pricking my finger and drawing blood out of it every day - it's a tedious, meticulous, annoying disease that never goes away. And I want to get rid of it like everybody else does.

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#14. I think the fact that I am living my dream and being really productive and embarking on all my lifelong aspirations is proof enough that if I can do it, anyone can. I try to tell everybody to dream big and go after their dreams.

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#15. Once upon a time there was war, and starvation, and death. Once upon a time we would kill our brothers and sisters, fearing for our own lives. Once upon a time the characters turned from us, and we wept. Now we do not war, nor do we fear, nor do we weep. We Redact.

F.D. Lee

#16. To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer ... that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from.

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#17. Never let a friendly fox into your hen-house. One day he's going to get hungry.

Sidney Sheldon

#18. The last time I stand in a circle outside the band room in the shade of this oak tree that has protected generations of band geeks.

John Green

#19. To my mind, Swaraj based on nonviolence is the fulfillment of the constructive programme.

Mahatma Gandhi

#20. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look him in the face and hear his last words,

George R R Martin

#21. Music's something you feel. You have to feel it first before you hear it.

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