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I was singing totally jazz then, but when I heard the Beatles and heard the gospel influence and everything, I just said, 'I can make jazz with R&B.'


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BILLY GRAHAM I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. I...
BILLY CORGAN I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.
BILLY GRAHAM I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something...
BILLY JOEL I love Aerosmith. I love Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, anything from that era, Led Zeppelin. So my guita...
BILLY UNGER I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face.
BILLY GRAHAM God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns mad...
BILLY GRAHAM Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of c...
BILLY CONNOLLY As I approached my 95th birthday, I was burdened to write a book that addressed the epidemic of '...
BILLY GRAHAM I think we've taken the meaning of Christmas out. People don't stop and think about Jesus or...
BILLY GRAHAM The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of prai...
BILLY GRAHAM Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
BILLY GRAHAM Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kin...
BILLY GRAHAM I grew up in Queens, which is the most diverse borough: the rich and the poor and homeless and peopl...
BILLY EICHNER The rivers of America will run with blood filled to their banks before we will submit to them taking...
BILLY SUNDAY One of the things that we hope to do with 'Pitchmen' is to give people an appreciation of wh...
BILLY MAYS I really love the togetherness in baseball. That's a real true love.
BILLY MARTIN Poetry can do a lot of things to people. I mean it can improve your imagination. It can take you to ...
BILLY COLLINS The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to...
BILLY GRAHAM You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
BILLY WILDER The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that ...
BILLY GARDELL