Burt Bacharach famous quotes

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A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Funny #Sarcasm #Use
Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Knowing #May
Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Writing #People #Remember
Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's a work process. Or just improvise. Something will come.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Inspiration #May #Push Yourself
I'd met Dr Dre, he was thinking about his next album, we talked a little and he said, 'Let me give you some of these loops and see what you come up with'.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Thinking #Giving #Drs
I felt alienated at school, and I never did well with girls.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Girl #School #Wells
I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Mistake #People #Problem
I never like to be lied to by a girlfriend or agent and certainly not the president of the United States.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Girlfriend #President #United States
I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Song #Tears #Orchestra
What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Love #Sweet #Needs
If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Country #Apology #Boys
Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Football #Hell #Playing Football
I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students.
-- Burt Bacharach

#School #Piano #Band
It's not getting any better, is it? I don't want my 19-year-old boy going into the army. I love these little kids. They understand how passionate I am.
-- Burt Bacharach

#Kids #Army #Boys

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