Top 23 Quotes & Sayings by Bill Withers

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Bill Withers.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

William Harrison Withers Jr. was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He had several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), "Use Me" (1972), "Lean on Me" (1972), "Lovely Day" (1977) and "Just the Two of Us" (1981). Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for six more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill. Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Two of his songs were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

American - Musician | July 4, 1938 - March 30, 2020

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I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you.

Bill Withers

An' this house just ain't no home, Anytime she goes away.

Bill Withers

I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel.

Bill Withers

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 goes away.

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Just keep on using me, until you use me up.

Bill Withers

Don't cheat yourself out of music. Music is one thing. The music business is another thing. Save enough of yourself to keep living anyway. Save enough joy in your heart to enjoy it. Let your reward be in the doing of it.

Bill Withers

Ain'tno sunshine when she's gone. It's not warm when she's away. Ain'tno sunshine when she's gone, and she's always gone too long, anytime she goes away.

Bill Withers

Value the people who value YOU.

Bill Withers

I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel. I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you.

Bill Withers

The same love that made me laugh makes my cry.

Bill Withers

Sometimes in our lives we all have pain. We all have sorrow. But if we are wise we know that there's always tomorrow.

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, only darkness every day.

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Lean on me, when you're not strong and I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on.

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If you start sweet, then you've got somewhere to go.

Bill Withers

When you get to all right, take a good look around and get used to it, because that may be as far as you're gonna go.

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Sellout... I'm not crazy about the word. We're all entrepreneurs. To me, I don't care if you own a furniture store or whatever - the best sign you can put up is SOLD OUT.

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I've always been serious that way, trying to evolve to a more conscious state. Funny thing about that,though. You tweak yourself,looking for more love, less lust, more compassion, less jealousy. You keep tweaking, keep adjusting those knobs until you can no longer find the original settings. In some sense,the original settings are exactly what I'm looking for-a return to the easygoing guy i was before my world got complicated, the nice guy who took things as they came and laughed so hard the blues would blow away in the summer wind.

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No one can fill those of your needs that you won't let show.

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I was wiser at 30 than I am now. My judgment was better at 12. If you look out the windshield of a Hyundai or a Bentley, you see the same road.

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If nobody throws all their rules at you, you might make a song with no introduction.

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My real life was when I was just a working guy. You know, it's OK to head out for Wonderful. But on your way to Wonderful, you're gonna have to pass through All Right. And when you get to All Right, take a good look around, and get used to it, because that may be as far as you're gonna go.

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I would like to know how it feels for my desperation to get louder.

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If there is a load you have to bear that you can't carry, I'm right up the road. I'll share your load if you just call me.

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