A Quote by Willie Dixon

A bad rendition of you is better than a good rendition of somebody else.

Willie Dixon

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Willie Dixon
American - Musician
July 1, 1915 - January 29, 1992

I am not against songs in films. We come from an oral tradition of storytelling. I have grown up listening to epics in oral rendition and oral rendition always had music.

Mani Ratnam

Salad can get a bad rap. People think of bland and watery iceberg lettuce, but in fact, salads are an art form, from the simplest rendition to a colorful kitchen-sink approach.

Marcus Samuelsson

I may not be perfect but I am perfect enough to be a very good rendition of me.

Jan Hellriegel

Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.

Al Pacino

Rendition is just sending people abroad to be tortured.

Noam Chomsky

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrical event.

Freddie Mercury

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.

Freddie Mercury

I pick voices suitable for a particular song rendition and for that, it doesn't matter where they hail from.

M. Jayachandran

I listen to Glee songs a lot. I like their rendition of "Bust the Window Out Your Car."

Coco Jones

The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship.

Gordon B. Hinckley

I did a rendition of 'Billie Jean' which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day.

Idris Elba

I did a rendition of Billie Jean which is on my Soundcloud. I put it on Twitter, and it got about 3000 hits that day.

Idris Elba

Unless you're Barack Obama, you cannot pull off an impromptu a capella rendition of a heart-warming song in the middle of a speech.

Rachel Parris

My friend and I sang an a cappella rendition of Extreme's "More Than Words" at one of our football pep rallies in a desperate attempt to look cool. For a while, I wore pink Converse All Stars because I thought it made me seem daring and irreverent.

Ed Helms

My friend and I sang an a cappella rendition of Extreme's 'More Than Words' at one of our football pep rallies in a desperate attempt to look cool. For a while, I wore pink Converse All Stars because I thought it made me seem daring and irreverent.

Ed Helms

My wife runs the charity Reprieve, and so rendition, droning, and capital punishment are very much the topics of our dinner table because of that.