Edwin Starr Quotes

“Which I would've done 'cause I volunteered for the draft which meant that I only had to do two years. But when the Cubans had missiles in the Canal and Kennedy made the extension, I was one of the ones who had enough time to be extended.”

— Edwin Starr

“And me, myself personally, in order for there to be any kind of longevity there's gotta be some history.”

— Edwin Starr

“If you can make the family life and the music work together that's wonderful. If you can make it work.”

— Edwin Starr

“I do more work in Britain than I do anywhere else in the world.”

— Edwin Starr

“The record industry is a world within itself.”

— Edwin Starr

“Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition.”

— Edwin Starr

“I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been.”

— Edwin Starr

“It's not like it used to be where everybody has a record company to belong to.”

— Edwin Starr

“Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave.”

— Edwin Starr

“You can only be lucky if you have a place to record.”

— Edwin Starr

“Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people who take pictures, you know, carry a camera. Because if I did I'd have stack's and stack's and stack's of different act's. I got a lot here - I know what I done.”

— Edwin Starr

“War is the enemy of all mankind.”

— Edwin Starr

“War, what's it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.”

— Edwin Starr

“War can't give life, it can only take it away.”

— Edwin Starr