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We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy.

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Otis Blackwell

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.

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I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today. . . Al Stanton walked in one day and said, 'Otis, I've got an idea. Why don't you write a song called "All Shook Up"?' Two days later I brought the song in and said, 'Look, man, I did something with it. '

Hate, Man, Song, Today, Walked, Writing

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days.

Birthday, College, Down, Redneck, Remembrance

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like.

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There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday.

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When I started writing it was kind of hard getting people to do my stuff. They' say they couldn't do my style.

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