Don Everly quotes

“Old men need applause too.”
-- Don Everly

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“I always thought I'd be the one to go first. ... The world might be mourning an Everly Brother, but I'm mourning my brother Phil Everly. My wife Adela and I are touched by all the tributes we're seeing for Phil and we thank you for allowing us to grieve in private at this incredibly difficult time.”
-- Don Everly

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“I wrote '('Til) I Kissed You' about a girl I met in Australia. Her name was Lilian, and she was very, very inspirational. I was married, but... I wrote the song about her on the way back home.”
-- Don Everly

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“I don't know of any artist who started off in the 50's who's making it now with new material.”
-- Don Everly

Source : Interview with Alan Leatherwood, alanleatherwood.com. 1972.

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“This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.”

“A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.”

“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”

Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36

“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.”

“Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.”

“Innovation is hard because solving problems people didn't know they had & building something no one needs look identical at first.”

“I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.”

Source : "Saturday Review" Magazine, September 29, 1951.

“If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.”

“The applause of the audience is short-lived. When calls resound for an encore, we are called to direct our attention to our Master.”