Famous quotes
Quotes by famous people, credited to who said them. Your own quotes must not match any of these. More are added all the time. 1,158,269 quotes Who coined it · How we decide
EnglishItalianoPolskiעבריתFrançaisPortuguêsفارسیEspañol中文РусскийDeutschالعربيةहिन्दी日本語ΕλληνικάLatina
Bill Withers
7 quotes
“Ain't no sunshine when she's gone It's not warm when she's away Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And she's always gone too long Anytime she's goes away”
Bill Withers (1938–2020) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ain't No Sunshine", on Just as I Am (1971) · 1972 performance
“And I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know Hey I oughta leave the young thing alone But ain't no sunshine when she's gone.”
Bill Withers (1938–2020) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ain't No Sunshine", on Just as I Am (1971)
“Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have sorrow But if we are wise We know that there's always tomorrow.”
Bill Withers (1938–2020) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lean on Me", on Still Bill (1972) Live performance (1972) · Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance (2015)
“Lean on me, when you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on.”
Bill Withers (1938–2020) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lean on Me", on Still Bill (1972)
“I grew up in the age of Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson … It was a time where a fat, ugly broad that could sing had value. Now everything is about image. It’s not poetry. This just isn’t my time.”
Bill Withers (1938–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What few songs I wrote during my brief career, there ain’t a genre that somebody didn’t record them in. I’m not a virtuoso, but I was able to write songs that people could identify with. I don’t think I’ve done bad for a guy from Slab Fork, West Virginia.”
Bill Withers (1938–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My first goal was, I didn’t want to be a cook or a steward … So I went to aircraft-mechanic school. I still had to prove to people that thought I was genetically inferior that I wasn’t too stupid to drain the oil out of an airplane.”
Bill Withers (1938–2020) first seen 1956 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On entering the US Navy in 1956.