![My grandfather was Bob Shad, one of those legendary jazz and blues producers - he worked with Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington, and he produced Janis Joplin's album [1967's Big Brother & the Holding Company]. He always owned small labels as well - he had a label called Mainstream Records in the 70s.](/assets/img/quote-photos/my-grandfather-was-bob-shad-one-of-those-legendary-jazz-and-blues-producers-he.jpg)
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I never stepped foot into a Brooks Brothers before Mad Men. Aaron Staton
brother cutting college
My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn't let him cut my nails. Alan King
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brother men endurance
The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother. Charles Dickens
brother integrity simple
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My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. Billy Ray Cyrus
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I have a photograph of my grandfather driving a donkey cart barefoot. Nelly Furtado
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The worst day ever was when I found out my grandfather was going to die. Chris Hardwick
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You don't need a major label and they sure don't need you. Alan Light
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The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is "doormat". Charles Stross
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The label of liberalism is hardly a sentence to public ignominy: otherwise Bruce Springsteen would still be rehabilitating used Cadillacs in Asbury Park and Jane Fonda, for all we know, would be just another overweight housewife. Barbara Ehrenreich
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I have never gotten into the label thing. Diana Ross