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James McBride

American Writer

Born: Sep 11, 1957

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I don't want to read a book that's depressing. James McBride

Book Read Want Depressing

I'm trying to get Americans to see that we're all pretty much the same. I believe it; I was taught God doesn't have a color. I want to better the planet a little bit. James McBride

God Better Believe Bit See Pretty Color Get Trying American Same Taught Want Little Little Bit Much Planet

The starting point of all great jazz has got to be format, a language that you can work within that, in some ways, is much tighter than the blues or even gospel. It's all working towards the same destination - the difference being that Miles Davis flew there, and I'm still taking the subway. James McBride

Work Great You Destination Language Jazz Ways Some Point Davis Taking Towards Gospel Within Tighter Got Still Than Same Difference Being Blues Format Subway Much Working Flew Miles Miles Davis Even Starting Starting Point

I write stories that are already in the air, and I think it's important to have the correct listening device to tune in to that frequency. James McBride

Listening Important Think Air Correct Write Device Frequency Stories Tune

I have cousins in North Carolina who talk in that old Southern style of 'yakking,' if you will. All the black men in my life when I was a boy talked that way, and I love that kind of talk. James McBride

Being a best-selling author doesn't make you a millionaire. It's not like Stephen King. James McBride

You Millionaire King Stephen King Like Make Author Being

You make your own luck by working hard, you know? James McBride

You Own Luck Know Make Working Your Working Hard Hard

I don't like living around too many fancy-pantsy folks. That ain't my thing. I'm not into phony people. James McBride

People Living Too Phony Folks Like Around Many Thing

When the great jazz and blues clubs closed - joints where the cash register rang loudly and there wasn't ESPN on TV over the bandstand, and people smoked cigarettes and drank whiskey and hollered 'Play on!' - When those places closed, I was pretty much done. James McBride

Great People Closed Jazz Cigarettes Drank Rang Those TV Pretty Cash Cash Register Joints Over Smoked Loudly Bandstand ESPN Done Blues Where Places Clubs Register Whiskey Much Play

Be a member of the human race. Love somebody. Change the world. James McBride

Love Change World Somebody Change The World Member Human Race Human Race

John Brown was clearly flawed in real life. He did some terrible things, but he did some things none of us would have had the heart to do. His moral leanings were unquestionably admirable. James McBride

Life Heart Real Life Moral Would Admirable John John Brown Some Some Things Brown Unquestionably Had He Clearly Terrible None Real Were His Did Flawed Us Things

The whole notion of owning a person is so ludicrous, there's plenty of room to make fun. James McBride

Plenty Make Person Owning Room Notion Fun Whole Ludicrous

I thank God I was a reporter before I became a writer. James McBride

God Thank God Before Writer Became Thank Reporter

I wasn't a guy built to write about entertainment. James McBride

Entertainment About Guy Write Built

I just love music, and I love what music does for people. James McBride

Love Music People Does Just

It would be nice if we redefined what we meant by 'war story.' If you're making $15,000 a year living in a certain area of Portland, trying to make it with three kids and no husband, that's a kind of war. James McBride

The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interest is involved, who can squeeze the estate and black history for more. James McBride

History Black Black History About Brown More Involved Squeeze Getting James Estate James Brown Story Interest Paid Who Whose

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