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Christopher Cross

Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas. Cross won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from the 1981 film Arthur) peaked at number one on the U.S Billboard Hot 100. "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen).

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I was born the son of a lawless man, always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand.

Gun, Man, Men, Son, Spoke

The hurt of a love that is lost has no cure but the love of another heart.

Cure, Heart, Hurt, Lost, Love

Serengeti Trek Vacation Bible School 05, where kids are wild about God!.

Bible, God, Kids, School, Trek

Don't surrender to the dying light; don't take it lying down.

Dying, Light, Lying, Surrender

You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.

Craft, Crafts, Hone, May, Want

People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great. ' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.

600000, Days, Gone, Numbers, People

I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.

Bad, Daughter, Look, Mother, Think, Thinking

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

Quality, Record, Records, Thinking, Throughout, Trying

I'm a very private, very reclusive kind of guy.

Guy, Kind, Private, Reclusive

In the tradition of the classic songwriter rooms like The Bluebird in Nashville, Strange Brew is a gift to the music community in Austin, for artists and audiences alike

Artist, Nashville, Community, Alike, Audiences, Songwriter

If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.

Grand, Guitar, Play, Song

Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility.

Away, Down, Paradise, Sail, Tranquility, Wind

You got to fight for quality art and equality and all the things that we're fighting for, the things we believe in. Choice and preference and all those things that we support. We don't want to give up that fight. You got to keep doing it.

Art, Believe, Equality, Fight, Fighting, Giving Up

The writers that I aspire to, like Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman, they'll tell you that the work gets harder, not easier. And they set that bar for us where we're always striving to do something better than the last time, whether it's the next song or just the next line.

Bars, Easier, Line, Lines, Song, Writers

I came out to California from Texas, to the Haight, and the Fillmore and all that stuff, and totally got the bug.

Bug, California, Fillmore, Stuff, Texas

All the words of wisdom sound the same.

Philosophy, Same, Sound, Words, Words Of Wisdom

I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.

Artist, Artists, Era, Records, Stamp, Thinking

Love is the light that can shine so bright.

Bright, Light, Love, Love Is, Shine

I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

Crafts, Huge, Mtv, Think, Thinking