Sonny Bono Professions : Record producer Born : February 16, 1935 Died : January 5, 1998 Browse All Authors Top 19 quotes by Sonny Bono We must get rid of the IRS. It's a bureaucracy fraught with totalitarianism. Sonny Bono irs totalitarianism bureaucracy People have said to me, 'You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument.' But I've got 10 gold records. Sonny Bono play writing song Put your ego aside and play as a team. Sonny Bono team softball play Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it. Sonny Bono borrowing dies fame I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am. Sonny Bono black here-i-am sheep Almost no one sings like Elvis Presley any more. Sonny Bono It was scary when the Beatles came on the scene. It was like an earthquake or a fire or an accident. Sonny Bono scary fire earthquakes No matter how revolutionary something is, if you keep doing it over and over and over then it does loses it's excitement and it's high dynamics and people get used to ... get used to it like anything else you know um and then it just becomes a normal deal and then it becomes not very interesting at all. Sonny Bono doe people interesting You've got to give someone like Cher a lot of credit. She's worked very hard to get where she is. I can't take that away from her. Sonny Bono hard credit giving I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language. Sonny Bono lawyer language should-have People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner. Sonny Bono underestimate-me underestimate people With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on. Sonny Bono degrees lawyer goes-on What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means. Sonny Bono tvs successful mean Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life. Sonny Bono entertainers want wanted I'm a maverick. I've always been a maverick. Sonny Bono maverick If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man. Sonny Bono criminals bob men I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred. Sonny Bono homophobic racist hatred We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat. Sonny Bono environment rats people We'll have all the same players... We'll be missing one, actually. Sonny Bono actually players same missing Similar Authors Bryce Wilson record-producer Ariel Rechtshaid record-producer Ashanti record-producer Arca record-producer Andrew Loog Oldham record-producer Amerie record-producer All Authors
