“If I couldn't do it my way, I'd best stay at home.”
Jerry Lee Lewis (1935) American singer-songwriter and pianist
As quoted in Esquire (January 2010), p. 89
“As it was, I couldn't escape the feeling that I was out of my element. I found myself thinking of a book I'd left half-read at home and wishing I'd stuck it in my purse so I could pull it out now.”
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