“I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.” PeopleCountrySongRecordsFrontsMomDadStandardsDown AndMy MomOld PeopleBack WhenMom And Dad Author:Ricky Skaggs
“The thing you've got to watch for is going broke when you're old. Look at all the people that go down and out at the finish. The man who built my country place is blind now and penniless. That's terrible!” PeopleMenLooksCountryWatchesHe ManTerribleBuiltDown AndBlindBroke Author:Pearl White
“This is about Americans getting off the sidelines and getting onto the playing field, .. This is about each and every one of us who have been blessed by the wealth of this country sharing that blessing by reaching down and reaching back and lifting up somebody in need. That's what America is all about. That's what being American is all about.” NeedsHas BeensCountryAmericaWealthFieldsBlessingDown AndBlessedReachingLiftingPlaying FieldsSidelinesLifting UpReaching Back Author:Colin Powell
“Every drama school in the country turned me down, and so I was lucky to study drama at all, even if it was lowly Birmingham University. But even when I came out with my degree, my mother promptly insisted I go straight to secretarial college to have something to fall back on, just in case - which didn't exactly fill me with confidence.” IfsCountrySchoolMotherFallCasesStudyCollegeDramaLuckyDegreesDown AndUniversityFall BackBirmingham Author:Tamsin Greig