Quoted in interview by Merv Griffin, from Frank Brady, Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles, Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, NY (1989), page 576.
“I don't just pray for God to open doors, I also pray for God to close doors.”
“I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore.”
Source: The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 120
Context: I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have people putting you down. It doesn't give any edge to it if everybody just falls flat on their face saying, "You're great." We enjoy some of the criticisms as well, they're quite funny; some of the clever criticisms, not the ones that don't know anything, but some of the clever ones are quite fun.
“I don't need to pray. I have God in myself.”
In Bitter American Exile, the Shah's Twin Sister, Ashraf, Defends Their Dynasty (1980)
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Jesus Walks
Lyrics, The College Dropout (2004)
“When I don't have an answer, I pray. God is the only alternative source of help.”
Source: Think Big (1996), p. 147
Cameron, Keith (March 28, 2003), "The sweetheart deal" http://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/mar/29/artsfeatures.popandrock. The Guardian. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
“But God knows, I don't want anyone but you. I don't even want to want anyone but you.”
Source: City of Glass
