I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire. 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 gift journey opportunity life 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 you god father world 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 go sunglasses left glasses 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 faith work time life 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 treat myself you respect 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 gift you blessing people 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 myself know you crazy 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 principal high-school together school 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-white black together time My dad was an auto mechanic, but we moved to Fort Worth, where he worked in defense, building B-24s. Roy Orbison worth mechanic building dad 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 old first talent years 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 always special time song 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 looking back looking-back blessed 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 push will business world The image, like the voice, came in stages. I never sat down with anyone and said, 'Let's design an image.' Roy Orbison down never design voice 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 you glasses change world
