A candy coloured clown they call the sandman Roy Orbison More Quotes by Roy Orbison More Quotes From Roy Orbison My voice is a gift. My talent is a gift. The life process is a gift. The opportunity for the journey is a gift. Roy Orbison giftjourneyopportunitylife You set out to whip the world, and then, when you get beat up a little bit... In my case, you say, 'Father, I'm gonna let you have it. I've done what I can do.' You turn your will over to God. Roy Orbison yougodfatherworld I started using sunglasses in Alabama. I was going to do a show with Patsy Cline and Bobby Vee, and I left my clear glasses on the plane. I only had the sunshades, and I was quite embarrassed to go onstage with them, but I did it. Roy Orbison gosunglassesleftglasses If you have faith, then your whole life is put in a new perspective. You get to work but enjoy the work at the same time. If you grow spiritually, you do what's in front of you and let the results speak for themselves. Roy Orbison faithworktimelife To be a songwriter-singer means the songs come from deep within, and you treat them as an artist, with that much respect. I couldn't hardly cheat myself. Roy Orbison treatmyselfyourespect It's a gift, and a blessing, just to have a voice. And I'm proud that people do appreciate it, you know? Roy Orbison giftyoublessingpeople We used to say, 'I don't wanna be jumping around and going crazy when I'm thirty,' you know? Even Mick Jagger said, 'Well, I can't see myself at forty jumping around.' Well, here we are, you know? Roy Orbison myselfknowyoucrazy I got my group together when I was about thirteen. We had a local radio show, and then we started touring for the principal of the high school - he was in the Lions Club, and so we were the entertainment. Roy Orbison principalhigh-schooltogetherschool Barbara and I wanted to do a television special, and she put it together with T Bone Burnett, and they came up with the idea of it being black and white. It was fabulous; we had a great time. It was wonderful. Roy Orbison black-and-whiteblacktogethertime My dad was an auto mechanic, but we moved to Fort Worth, where he worked in defense, building B-24s. Roy Orbison worthmechanicbuildingdad I learned my first songs when I was six and seven, and when I was eight years old, I won a local talent show. Roy Orbison oldfirsttalentyears I always felt each instrumental and vocal inflection had to be special... I'd spend almost as much time on those as I'd spend on the song itself. Roy Orbison alwaysspecialtimesong Looking back on it now, I felt that I was blessed much like the masters, I guess - the guys who wrote the concertos. Roy Orbison lookingbacklooking-backblessed Every once in awhile, the world will push up an Elvis Presley or a Beatles. But that's really outside the realm of show business. Roy Orbison pushwillbusinessworld The image, like the voice, came in stages. I never sat down with anyone and said, 'Let's design an image.' Roy Orbison downneverdesignvoice I was stuck with the dark glasses. They took all these pictures that went around the world. I guess once you become successful, you don't want to change anything too drastically. Roy Orbison youglasseschangeworld
