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I eat ice cream. It's better than booze.

~Del Shannon

Topics: Better Booze Cream Eat Ice Ice Cream Than

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I usually write when I'm in a great place. When I'm depressed, I don't usually write. So I take all of when I'm depressed and throw it into when I'm feeling good. Weird, I guess.

~Del Shannon

Topics: Depressed Feeling Feeling Good Good Great Great Place Guess Place Take Throw Weird Write

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When I was 20, I was drinking. When I was 30, I was drinking more, and at 40, way too much.

~Del Shannon

Topics: Drinking More Much Too Too Much Way

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I was an outcast growing up with a bunch of Christian people. My father didn't go to church, and that was not good news if you lived right in the middle of it.

~Del Shannon

Topics: Bunch Christian Church Father Go Good Good News Growing Growing Up Lived Middle News Outcast People Right Up You

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I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.

~Del Shannon

Topics: Came Could Horrible Me Pretty Rhyme Saw Simply Some Songs Still Tape Words Wrote

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I do me, and me is my hits. I'm out there really to satisfy the people.

~Del Shannon

Topics: Hits Me Out People Really Satisfy

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I love to perform. But I don't like the traveling.

~Del Shannon

Topics: Like Love Perform Traveling I Love

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There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that. To be a follower, you lose.

~Del Shannon

Topics: Artists Bob Bob Dylan Career Dylan Follower Get Hooked Like Lose Songs Times Try Up Were Would Write You

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If it's a whole show of my own, I'll do more of what I think Del Shannon is. But for shows like Disneyland, I'll just do mainly hits. That's what they want to hear. I don't want to bore people. If I wanted that much to play nothing but 12 new songs, then I should go do it in a bar somewhere for peanuts.

~Del Shannon

Topics: Bar Bore Disneyland Go Hear Hits Just Like Mainly More Much My Own New Nothing Own Peanuts People Play Should Show Shows Somewhere Songs Then Think Want Wanted Whole I Think

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Nobody thinks mystery writers go around killing people, but they always seem to assume singers are singing about themselves, especially if you write melancholy songs like me.

~Del Shannon

Topics: About Always Around Assume Go Like Me Melancholy Mystery Nobody People Seem Singers Singing Songs Themselves Thinks Write Writers You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: December 30th, 1934

Died: February 8th, 1990

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