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William Harrison Withers, Jr. conhecido pelo seu nome artístico Bill Withers, foi um cantor e compositor norte-americano de blues e soul que atuou e gravou de 1970 a 1985. Gravou vários sucessos importantes, incluindo "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day" e "Grandma's Hands". Withers ganhou três Grammy Awards e foi indicado para mais quatro. Sua vida foi o tema do documentário Still Bill, de 2009. Ele foi introduzido no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame em 2015. Wikipedia  

✵ 4. Julho 1938 – 30. Março 2020
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“My first goal was, I didn’t want to be a cook or a steward … So I went to aircraft-mechanic school. I still had to prove to people that thought I was genetically inferior that I wasn’t too stupid to drain the oil out of an airplane.”

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On entering the US Navy in 1956.
Rollingstone interview (2015)

“What few songs I wrote during my brief career, there ain’t a genre that somebody didn’t record them in. I’m not a virtuoso, but I was able to write songs that people could identify with. I don’t think I’ve done bad for a guy from Slab Fork, West Virginia.”

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Rollingstone interview (2015)

“I grew up in the age of Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson … It was a time where a fat, ugly broad that could sing had value. Now everything is about image. It’s not poetry. This just isn’t my time.”

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Rollingstone interview (2015)

“Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on.”

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"Lean on Me", on Still Bill (1972)

“Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow.”

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"Lean on Me", on Still Bill (1972) Live performance (1972) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw6HeeuvTWo · Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YapAxPfRyI

“And I know I know I know I know
I know I know I know I know I know
I know I know I know I know I know
I know I know I know I know I know
I know I know I know I know I know
I know I know
Hey I oughta leave the young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone.”

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"Ain't No Sunshine", on Just as I Am (1971)

“Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long
Anytime she's goes away”

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"Ain't No Sunshine", on Just as I Am (1971) · 1972 performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CICIOJqEb5c