Burt Bacharach Quotes

• 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

  Song: What The World Needs Now is Love

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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, Writing, Sarcasm

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

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• 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, Writing Songs, May

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• Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

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  Knowing, May

  Song: Knowing when to Leave

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• Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.

  Burt Bacharach

  Writing, People, Remember

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• 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

  "Triumphant U2 steal Carey's Grammys glory" by Dan Glaister, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2006.

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• I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

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  Mistake, People, Problem

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• I felt alienated at school, and I never did well with girls.

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  Girl, School, Wells

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• I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.

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  Song, Tears, Orchestra

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• 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.

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  School, Piano, Littles

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• Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

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  Football, Hell, Playing Football

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• 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

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• If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity.

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  Country, Apology, Boys

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• 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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