" If I say so myself I've saved a couple of sure flops ," he said.

On the album, Robert Christgau wrote: " Now I regret all the times I've used words like " power " and " energy " to describe rock and roll, because this is what such rhetoric should have been saved for.

I've spent the last couple weeks writing a window

It has all the crazy stuff that I listen to, and my collections I've been making since the ' 70s for going on the road, when I'm sick ... Or the couple of times in my life that I have really been down, music is what always dances me out of bed.

I've never thought " I must find someone a couple of years younger than I am ".

I've been listening to it the last couple of weeks and I wasn't really in the mood, I was just taking it as a joke.

In the same interview, Joel notes that each of the characters on the album cover was meant to represent a particular song ( i. e., the girl in headphones for " All You Wanna Do is Dance ," the wealthy couple for " I've Loved These Days ," etc.

It was also slightly crooked so I've rotated it a couple of degrees ; this also entailed cloning some of the background at the edges, which you may notice if you look closely ... Lee M 23: 35, 10 Aug 2004 ( UTC )

He is also a well-known poker enthusiast, stating " The most I've lost is a couple of grand and the most I've won is a lot more than that.

In another deadpan statement after the hearing, he stated " I've since watched a couple of Steven Seagal movies and realised that pressure points are no laughing matter ," but he also acknowledged his own " stupidity " in the controversy.

It also includes the lyrics: " I'm a boozer / I'm a cruiser / Anarchist / Anarchist / An ' I kissed / A couple of local girls ", and " I've learnt two chords an ' I sing out of tune / If punk rock lasts I will make a fortune ".

' Kinnick responded, ' I think I've got a couple of broken ribs on my right side, so let's run the play to the left side.

The wedding day itself also had comic elements, causing celebrity guest Linda Lusardi to remark that it was ' the funniest wedding I've been to ' — Conley made several memorable quips during the event, and the couple left the church in the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car.

He contacted us, and said, ' I've got a couple of songs for you.

Blagojevich told reporters: " They fear their leader, Mr. Madigan, and if Mike Madigan tells them to vote a certain way, they will tell you privately, and I've had these discussions with a couple of state reps, one of whom said, ' I'm afraid if I vote for the jobs bill I'll be fired from my job at Streets and Sanitations.

This has been a tough decision, and one I've struggled with over the last couple of months.

Yes, I think it can and I am quite prepared to work with the attorney general to try and ensure that the OMB is more reflective of community values [...] I've had a couple of discussions with the attorney general going back a month and we both agree we are going to take a thorough look at the OMB and see how we can further improve it based on changes we made a couple of years ago.

I've done a couple of stupid celebrations over my career, I guess.

Writer Rapp based the couple in part on his own rocky marriage ; his son, Joel, eventually told radio historian Gerald Nachman, " I've hidden under a lot of tables in my day.

I don't know if she will and I haven't spoken to her for a long time — I went to her birthday a couple of years ago and I've not spoken to her since.

I've only known shorthand for a couple of months, so caveat lector.

Such changes include ; the line " I've been to mushroom mountain " altered to say " I've climbed the highest mountain "; and the line " I take a couple uppers, I down a couple downers " changed to " I've been so many places, I've seen so many faces.

For example the verb " to get " can mean " procure " ( I'll get the drinks ), " become " ( she got scared ), " have " ( I've got three dollars ), " understand " ( I get it ) etc.

" Then another friend, whose name I've forgotten, gave me 100 dollars.

" I've had more people try to tell me, ' You know, you owe 1. 4 million dollars.

* " I've still got to raise four dollars!

Never in my life have I felt so remorseful about anything I've done as I did about spending that night with my own wife.

`` I've seen you, though, before '', she said with enormous coyness, patting his knee.

On ships at sea, on railroad trains, in summer hotels with mountain views, they always said, `` I've never done this before ''.

He said in a low voice, `` I've got a date with a lady, Mister.

`` Sometimes we'd have trouble persuading her to make tax-exempt charitable contributions, and I've known her to quarrel with a plumber over a bill for fixing a faucet ; ;

I never liked going straight into an examination with patients -- it relaxes them, I've always thought, to chat first.

He would sometimes write songs with someone in mind, for instance, " I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face " from My Fair Lady was written with Rex Harrison in mind to complement his very limited vocal range.

I've considered this matter enough and now I'm going to act ," in the full knowledge that I could have considered further, in the full knowledge that the eventualities may prove that I decided in error, but with the acceptance of responsibility in any case.

' I never saw anything to substantiate that in all the time I was with him .” Kaye ’ s final girlfriend, Marlene Sorosky, reported that he told her, " I've never had a homosexual experience in my life.

After her 1976 album, I've Got You, Gaynor shifted from her hit production team, to work with other productions.

According to Gardner, the Surgenesons readily talked about the paranormal with him ; the patriarch of the family, Ted Surgeneson, believed that fairies were living in his garden and would say " I can often feel they're there, and sometimes I've seen them ", though he readily admitted the possibility that it was all in his imagination.

Ten of his songs were nominated for the Oscar, many written with Cahn, including " I've Heard That Song Before " (# 1 for 13 weeks for Harry James and His Orchestra in 1943 ), " I'll Walk Alone ", " It's Magic " ( a # 2 hit for Doris Day in 1948 ) and " I Fall in Love Too Easily ".

He added, " I've been to little villages in Africa with maybe one TV set, and little kids will run up to me shouting, ' Columbo, Columbo!

Medley also had solo success: In 1984, he scored country hits with " Till Your Memory's Gone " and " I Still Do " ( which crossed over to the adult contemporary charts and later became a " cult " hit with the Carolina Beach / Shag dance club circuit ); and in late 1987, his duet with Jennifer Warnes — "( I've Had ) The Time of My Life ", which appeared on the soundtrack for Dirty Dancing — topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for a Motion Picture ( for the three songwriters, which did not include Medley ) as well as a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ( which, of course, did ).

"( I've Had ) The Time of My Life " is now seen and heard ubiquitously on TV and radio commercials — covered by singers other than Medley and Warnes — usually connected with vacation, cruise, resort, and other such holiday-themed advertisers aimed at those looking at what to do with their dream holiday excursions.

* 1987: "( I've Had ) The Time of My Life " with Jennifer Warnes — # 1 U. S. ( Pop and AC ) ( Gold ), # 6 UK

I'm really private about who I've had relationships with, and I don't talk about them in the press.

" I've seen very few moments of genius in my life but I witnessed one with Spike after the first show.

Actor Sean Bean made an one-off appearance in 1996 titled " I've Bean to Paradise " where the main character, unhappy with his long term relationship, attempts to seek out for more physically attractive women by undergoing a makeover as a lookalike of the actor ( played by himself ) and passing himself off as the actor with references to his past screen roles.