Buddy Holly Video

May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young.

I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.

Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.

Do it right or don't do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there's something I want to do, I'm one of those people that won't be satisfied until I get it done. If I'm trying to sing something and I can't get it, I'm going to keep at it until I get where I want it.

It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- that's the Lord's test.

Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

I don't even want to be just the best. I want to grow so tall that nobody can reach me.

There's always one more way to do things and that's your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.

Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

Think globally, act locally.

There's high, and there's high, and to get really high--I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high-that's where I'm going'.

It's good to be here - it's good to be anywhere.

When I started in music, I thought, "My job is pretty simple. I search for the human things in myself, and I turn them into notes and words, and then in some fashion, I help people hold on to their own humanity."

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