Marvin Gaye Quotes

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Negotiation means getting the best of your opponent.

- Marvin Gaye

Negotiation, Getting, Means, Opponent

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

- Marvin Gaye

Love, Conquer, Only Love, Answer

Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell.

- Marvin Gaye

Hell, Turned, Also, Detroit

In a sense, the rumours suggesting I had quit were true: I had retired, but only from the personal-appearance end. I did that because I had always felt conspicuous onstage, and I'm not the sort of person who likes to be an exhibitionist.

- Marvin Gaye

Only, Had, Exhibitionist, Rumours

I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I don't quite know how to explain it but it's there. These can't be the only notes in the world, there's got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys.

- Marvin Gaye

Study, Some, Explain, Cracks

Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.

- Marvin Gaye

Opponent, Getting, Means, Negotiating

If I do my job well, then God will smile on my offspring and on their offspring. I'm sure my father is seeing a blessing in me.

- Marvin Gaye

Will, Sure, Offspring, Blessing

I am not going to be dictated to by fans, certainly. I am dictated enough to by my record company to last me a million years.

- Marvin Gaye

Going, Last, Certainly, Dictated

I'd had it as a member of a group. I sang with the Moonglows for two years, and that was enough.

- Marvin Gaye

Member, Had, Sang, Group

I think I've got a real love thing going. I love people, I love life, and I love nature, and I can't see why other people can't be like that.

- Marvin Gaye

Love, Think, Other, Love Life

Our church was a very spiritual church, and we were a very chosen people. The body was small, but the spirit was intense and very evident to anyone who passed by or came in.

- Marvin Gaye

Small, Church, Very, Evident

Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.

- Marvin Gaye

Right Person, Miserable, Soulmate

It's what makes you happy in life, and to pursue it, I think, is brave and a wonderful thing. I don't care what people say. I just want to pursue what makes me happy.

- Marvin Gaye

Happy, Think, I Think, Brave

I feel that people in Europe are different from Americans - I think your soul is a little deeper.

- Marvin Gaye

Soul, Think, I Think, Europe

Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.

- Marvin Gaye

Spirit, More, Stems, Thereby

Who isn't fascinated by evil?

- Marvin Gaye

Who, Fascinated, Evil

Great artists suffer for the people.

- Marvin Gaye

Art, Suffer, Artists, For The People

I think if I had to choose another profession, I'd like to be a judge because I'm very capable of determining what's right and what's not.

- Marvin Gaye

Think, Profession, Very, Determining

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

- Marvin Gaye

Never, Will, Within, Anywhere Else

I am not a star. At least, I don't consider myself a star.

- Marvin Gaye

Myself, I Am, Star, Consider

They would say, 'Okay, do KP,' and I would say, 'Excuse me, but I can't do KP. I'll do it tomorrow if that's all right with you.' And they'd say, 'Hell no, it's not all right with us. You do KP.'

- Marvin Gaye

Tomorrow, Say, Okay, Excuse

God was very good to me as a child, and I'm a very blessed individual.

- Marvin Gaye

Me, Individual, Very, Child

I sing about life.

- Marvin Gaye

Life, About, Sing

My father has a great voice. My father used to sing... just sing.

- Marvin Gaye

Father, Voice, Used, Sing

Music, not sex, got me aroused.

- Marvin Gaye

Music, Me, Aroused, Sex

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