Quotes by Ronnie Milsap

About Ronnie Milsap:

Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. He became country music's first successful blind singer, and one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. His biggest crossover hits include "It Was Almost Like a Song", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Any Day Now", and "Stranger in My House". He is credited with six Grammy Awards and forty No. 1 country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. He was selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014.
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I am a Christian. I know I am a Christian, knowing that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.

Ronnie Milsap

I learned when I started to study piano that I could play by ear. I could hear a song on the radio a couple of times and hear the song and the lyrics and sing it for you after a couple of plays.

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I don't see here on this side; but I will see on the other side. I know I'll get to see. I know I'll get to walk those golden streets and I'll get to see Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego; and I'll get to see the Lord. Oh yes I will.

Ronnie Milsap

I was fortunate to be raised by loving grandparents.

Ronnie Milsap

I became involved in a residential school for the blind in Raleigh - the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh.

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I was up playing violin at seven and translating that information to play guitar, piano at eight.

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I'm a Christian man that lives it every day, believing somebody will look and live by example.

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As far as I know, no tapes exist from my years at 'T.J.'s.' I wish they did.

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I often thought that if I had been working with Mark James at American Studios, I would have had a pop hit before I ever moved out of Memphis. But that didn't happen.

Ronnie Milsap

When I was doing mainstream country, there was no way that an executive was going to ask you to do a gospel album.

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I was signed to RCA to be a country singer.

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I wanted to live in Nashville. I wanted to sing country.

Ronnie Milsap

This business is always changing. If you're going to be a leader, you've got to take chances.

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It's great to have all this stuff at home. But when you want to make it for real, there's still nothing like making music with a bunch of other great musicians in the same room. That's one thing that'll never change.

Ronnie Milsap

I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God. I understand that a lot of young mothers probably wouldn't know what to do in that situa...

Ronnie Milsap

I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God.

Ronnie Milsap

I was an original Elvis fan. He was the voice of my generation. I was listening to him on the radio when he released his great Sun records with Scotty Moore on electric guitar and Bill Black on bass.

Ronnie Milsap

The last time I saw Elvis was when I played my second New Year's Eve show for him in 1970.

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Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive some day.

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They say love will find a way. I know determination will.

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Author Bio

  • NameRonnie Milsap
  • DescriptionAmerican country music singer and pianist
  • BornJanuary 16, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionMusician; Singer