I'd been studying the microphone for a dozen years, and I suddenly saw what I'd been doing wrong. I'd been singing too loud. One night I was listening to a record by Lester Young, the horn player, and it came to me. Relax, just relax. It's all going to be all right.

Marvin Gaye

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If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it... by Marvin Gaye

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

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An artist, if he is truly an artist, is only interested in one thing and that is to wake up the minds of men, to have mankind and womankind realize that there is something greater than what we see on the surface.

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Music is one of the closest link-ups with God that we can probably experience. I think it's a common vibrating tone of the musical notes that holds all life together.

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Politics and hypocrites is turning us all into lunatics. by Marvin Gaye

Politics and hypocrites is turning us all into lunatics.

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To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and show that there is more to this world than what meets the eye.

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Crime is increasing, trigger happy policing. Panic is spreading,... by Marvin Gaye

Crime is increasing, trigger happy policing. Panic is spreading, God knows where we're heading.

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Don't play with something you should cherish for life. by Marvin Gaye

Don't play with something you should cherish for life.

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Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be? by Marvin Gaye

Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be?

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War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate by Marvin Gaye

War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate

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Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.

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Art is a way of possessing destiny. by Marvin Gaye

Art is a way of possessing destiny.

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Ain't nothing like the real thing. by Marvin Gaye

Ain't nothing like the real thing.

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If you escape from people too often,, you wind up escaping from y... by Marvin Gaye

If you escape from people too often,, you wind up escaping from yourself.

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I don't make records for pleasure. I did when I was a younger artist, but I don't today. I record so that I can feed people what they need, what they feel. Hopefully, I record so that I can help someone overcome a bad time

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When I get that feeling, I want some sexual healing. by Marvin Gaye

When I get that feeling, I want some sexual healing.

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Jesus left a long time ago, said he would return. He left us a book to believe in, in it we've got an awful lot to learn.

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There are still times I feel unhappy and I must smile, and there are times I want to cry and I must laugh... people rarely see the real Marvin Gaye

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To share is precious, pure and fair. Don't play with something you should cherish for life. Don't you wanna care, ain't it lonely out there?

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I want to stop and thank you baby, how sweet it is to be loved by... by Marvin Gaye

I want to stop and thank you baby, how sweet it is to be loved by you.

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Give out some love and you'll find peace sublime. by Marvin Gaye

Give out some love and you'll find peace sublime.

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