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Jerry Leiber Quotes

I heard this music coming out of the radio and it was ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Business.’ It got me. I thought, ‘I can do this.’ I decided just like that. No romantic story Picture Quote #1

It’s self-effacing, it’s hard - luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an amalgam of Yiddish and black humor Picture Quote #1

The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something funky. In the summertime, sometimes there’d be a man sitting on a step, playing an acoustic guitar, playing some kind of folk blues. The seed had been planted Picture Quote #1

The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic Picture Quote #1

Elvis Presley, you can’t define him in a couple of sentences, but he was a country boy and he was very respectful Picture Quote #1

Red-hot songs were born on the black streets of Baltimore, where I delivered five-gallon cans of kerosene and ten-pound bags of coal Picture Quote #1

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It’s self-effacing, it’s hard-luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an amalgam of Yiddish and black humor Picture Quote #1

I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke black. When I was a kid growing up, where I came from, it was hip to be black. To be white was kind of square Picture Quote #1

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I heard this music coming out of the radio and it was ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Business.’ It got me. I thought, ‘I can do this.’ I decided just like that. No romantic story (Jerry Leiber Quotes) It’s self-effacing, it’s hard - luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an amalgam of Yiddish and black humor (Jerry Leiber Quotes) The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something funky. In the summertime, sometimes there’d be a man sitting on a step, playing an acoustic guitar, playing some kind of folk blues. The seed had been planted (Jerry Leiber Quotes) The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic. (Jerry Leiber Quotes) Elvis Presley, you can’t define him in a couple of sentences, but he was a country boy and he was very respectful. (Jerry Leiber Quotes) Red-hot songs were born on the black streets of Baltimore, where I delivered five-gallon cans of kerosene and ten-pound bags of coal. (Jerry Leiber Quotes) It’s self-effacing, it’s hard-luck, the shtetl stories. All those Coasters things are an amalgam of Yiddish and black humor. (Jerry Leiber Quotes) I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke black. When I was a kid growing up, where I came from, it was hip to be black. To be white was kind of square. (Jerry Leiber Quotes)