Roy Orbison quotes
Born
April 23, 1936, Vernon, Texas, U.S.
Died
December 6, 1988.
Occupation
Singer, songwriter musician.
Roy Orbison was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.
I may be a living legend, but that sure don’t help when I’ve got to change a flat tire.
– Roy Orbison
As you stopped to say hello, oh, you wished me well, you couldn’t tell that I’d been crying over you.
– Roy Orbison
Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight.
– Roy Orbison
I’ve really learned a lot, really learned a lot, love is like a stove, burns you when it’s hot.
– Roy Orbison
My dad was an auto mechanic, but we moved to Fort Worth, where he worked in defense, building B-24s.
– Roy Orbison
I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.
– Roy Orbison
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
There was a lot of loneliness in West Texas where I grew up. We used to say it was the center of everything, five hundred miles away from anything.
– Roy Orbison
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
I got a woman that’s mean as she can be, sometimes I think she’s almost as mean as me.
– 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
People often ask me how would I like to be remembered and I answer that I would simply like to be remembered.
– Roy Orbison
Love hurts, love scars, love wounds, and mars.
– Roy Orbison
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
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
When I was six years old, Mom and Dad gave me a guitar for my birthday, and Daddy taught me the chords to ‘You Are My Sunshine.’
– Roy Orbison