Fats Domino Quotes

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Fats Domino

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 26, 1928

As long as I'm in New Orleans, I'm not away from home.

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Everybody started callin' my music rock and roll, but it wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playin' down in New Orleans.

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Teens always heard my music with their hearts. The beat was just happy. It didn't have color or hidden meaning.

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I don't know why music should make people want to fight. It always makes me happy.

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If you like a person, then nothing they can do is wrong.

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Only movement I've ever been involved in is when I push the piano across the stage.

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I was lucky enough to write songs that carry a good beat and tell a real story that people could feel was their story, too - something that old people or the kids could both enjoy.

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I was 17 when I made my first record in 1949. I never thought about being professional.

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I used to work in a lumberyard and that's where I first heard a number on a jukebox and I liked it. It was a piano number. It was called 'Swanee River Boogie' by Albert Ammonds.

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I have a hard time pleasing myself with my songs. I have to do them over and over until I think I got them right. I'm always finding fault, but the people seem to like them. I always figure I can do something different that I wouldn't have already. I may not be right, but I don't want to be too far wrong.

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I always had a piano. All of them sound good to me.

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My music was a mixture of everything New Orleans.

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There are a lot of people that have followed my career, and that's something I'm really thankful for.

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When I was just starting out, I had $3,700 saved up. I went to Nashville on a job and saw this diamond ring in a window that cost $3,650. I took the money out of my savings account and bought it, 'cause I just had to have it.

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Some people say music's good for the soul and I believe that's right.

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I'm only happy when I'm on stage. Anything else is no fun.

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I'm never going off the road. Love the road. Lot of fun.

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I play the same for 60 people as I do for 6,000. I used to play in front of 60,000 people. No difference. Just play and sing.

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I like nice things. I like champagne.

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I sing better when I'm hoarse.

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