Martha Reeves Quotes

• Disco music in the '70s was just a call to go wild and party and dance with no thought or conscience or regard for tomorrow.

  Martha Reeves

  Party, Disco Music, Tomorrow

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• I don't worry about being in a hurry anymore, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time.

  Martha Reeves

  Worry, Faith In God, Gods Will

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• The world I was born into was one filled with music.

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  World, Born, Filled

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• I have always thought music as a way out of the ordinary mundane obligations of life.

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  Ordinary, Mundane Life, Way

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• If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.

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  Awards, Long, People

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• Divas need their furs!

  Martha Reeves

  Needs, Fur

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• Oh, Jimmy Mack, when are you comin' back?

  Martha Reeves

  Mack, Jimmy

  Song: Jimmy Mack

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• I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results.

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  Prayer, Miracle, Praying

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• I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people.

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  School, People, Training

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• I still marvel at how God turns dreams into reality.

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  Dream, Reality, Turns

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• Good and bad - this is the story of my life.

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  Life, Inspire, Stories

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• I was stranded in Disco. I went to dozens of darkened places with enough flashing lights to drive the average person mad. I felt lost in the pulse of sheer panic.

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  Light, Average, Mad

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• Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.

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  Half, Care, Earning

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• There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work.

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  Thinking, Pops, Shows

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• Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit.

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  Attitude, Taken, Personality

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• I will always dance in the street.

  Martha Reeves

  Streets

  "Live From..." with Kyra Phillips, edition.cnn.com. January 24, 2006.

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• I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.

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  Dream, Creativity, Creative

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• God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful.

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  Grateful, Use, Singers

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• After years of making wrong decisions in my life, in 1977 I found out that it was all right to be square, simple, and sober.

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  Simple, Squares, Years

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• A large family makes you accept sharing your parents.

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  Parent, Accepting, Large Family

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• The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.

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  Castles, Want, Towns

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• Detroit is full of talent.

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  Detroit, Talent

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• Going on with life, it only gets more and more intense as time goes by - and the challenges only multiply.

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  Challenges, Intense, Time Goes By

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