Etta James & Mike Finnigan doing the O.V. Wright classic soul tune “You Gonna Make Me Cry” off the Album By Etta James called Matriarch of the Blues…This song is a gem and a lesson to all on how to do a Soul/R&B duet!…P.S. The Vocal performance by Mike and Etta was done on the 2nd take. KlintBeatswood — February 14, 2010
Posted May 2, 2010 at 11:46pm
If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery—isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.
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Those who dance are thought mad by those who do not hear the music.
— Anon.
Posted April 9, 2009 at 11:22pm
I was neurotic for years. I was anxious and depressed and selfish. Everyone kept telling me to change. I resented them and I agreed with them, and I wanted to change, but simply couldn’t, no matter how hard I tried. Then one day someone said to me, “Don’t change. I love you just as you are.” Those words were music to my ears: “Don’t change, Don’t change. Don’t change … I love you as you are.” I relaxed. I came alive. And suddenly I changed!
— Anthony de Mello
Posted April 5, 2009 at 10:17pm
