15 Al Green Quotes for You to Enjoy

Al Green

American Musician

Born: Apr 13, 1946

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Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I'm one of those people. Al Green

People Some People Believe Rules Those Obeying Some Fairness

I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world. Al Green

Education World Church More Stuff Learned Than Did

I was knocking on people's doors. I knocked on a white couple's door, and I told them, I says, 'Excuse me, but I've been born again.' The guy said, 'Hon, call security. There's a little black guy here talking about how he been born again. Call the police.' Al Green

Me People Police Black Doors White Says Security Born Born-Again About Guy He Knocked Knocking Excuse Couple Call Talking Said How Been Door Again Little Them Here

My brothers and I had a gospel quartet, and that was the only music people listened to. But I was already gravitating towards songs by Sam Cooke, and then one day I put on a Jackie Wilson record, and baby, I was thrown right out of the house. Al Green

Music Day People Baby One Day Out Wilson Record Brothers Only Thrown Had Songs Put Towards House Gospel Quartet Jackie Sam Sam Cooke Listened Then Cooke Right

There's more to hip-hop than just trying to make everything rhyme, and you find out in life that everything don't rhyme. The music they're cutting is musically fantastic. Al Green

Life Music You Everything Musically Out Find More Make Hip-Hop Than Trying Just Rhyme Fantastic Cutting

I feel like the 'Greatest Hits' is a homegrown remedy for love. Al Green

Love Remedy Feel Like Greatest Greatest Hits Hits Homegrown

Free music, to me, is music without boundaries. It's music that... says you don't have to play a blues in three chord change. See what I'm saying? Music that can go from any range. Al Green

Music Saying Me You Change Free Three Range Says See Boundaries Without Go Any Blues Chord Play

God told me, 'I gave you the music, Al. Sing the music I gave you - all the music.' So I did. Al Green

Music God Me You Gave Sing Did Al

Before I knew it, I was singing, 'I'm so tired of being alone,' and that's Al right there. From then, my attitude was, 'Let Otis be Otis and James be James. I'm not going to emulate them anymore.' Al Green

Attitude Alone Tired Singing Before Knew Emulate Going Being Anymore James Being Alone Them Then Al Right

I figured that if we had to choose the woman president, she'd be the first woman president, and if we had the kid from Honolulu and the Harvard graduate, we'd have the first black president. They were both lawyers, and they knew the law, and I saw Obama and said that he's got some vision, and that's what a lot of people are latching on to. Al Green

Woman People Vision Law Black First President Honolulu Saw Kid Harvard Obama Some Be The First Lawyers Both Had He Knew She Said Got Were Woman President Lot Graduate Choose Figured

I started recording in '67. In the first part of '68, my first single was 'Backup Train.' That was success to a degree. Four years have passed by since then, and I have managed to come up with a few measly sellers. Al Green

Success Degree Recording First Single Few Backup Part Since Come Passed Years Up Sellers Train Then Four Started

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