I've always said that gray hair looks good on everybody but yourself. To me, it makes me look old.
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Kenny Rogers
Profession:
Musician
Born:
August 21, 1938
Nationality:
American
Quotes by Kenny Rogers
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Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm.
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Kenny Rogers
It is difficult to get played at my age on the radio.
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I still like going on the road and performing, but it's getting tougher. I try to have my wife and the twins with me but it's getting harder and harder for them. They need to be in a home environment and not traveling with me.
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I've always said music should make you laugh, make you cry or make you think.
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If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.
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Kenny Rogers
I think it's fun to play for people who don't know what you do.
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I'm much more comfortable singing than talking.
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I just hope I can spread some of the happiness that's been coming my way.
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My music was my life, and it played a large part in my inability to sustain relationships.
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When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.
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Kenny Rogers
There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.
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Kenny Rogers
I was raised in the church.
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Well, I don't think everything necessarily that I touch turns to gold, but I think I get great joy out of it regardless of whether it is successful or not.
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I feel like I learn something from everything I do.
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You know, I've always said, I've never felt I was a particularly good singer, but I've always thought I had a great knack for picking hit songs.
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Kenny Rogers
I think when you're in the public eye, you feel a pressure to stay younger looking.
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The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.
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I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting.
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I have awards right now that I do not remember walking on stage to get.
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I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.
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You know, when you're poor and you have a bunch of kids in your family, you don't know that everybody's not poor.
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Kenny Rogers
Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen.
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Kenny Rogers
Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.
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Kenny Rogers
People will clap to be nice. They will not laugh to be nice.
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Kenny Rogers