Timeline for Meaning of "I don't know anything about music. In my line, you don't have to."
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| Jan 28, 2016 at 3:04 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | My point is just that while Elvis certainly did mean something by this, it wasn't "line of thought". (It was almost certainly "line of work", as other answers have stated. This makes immediate sense, despite being humorously incongruous, and is idiomatic.) | |
| Jan 28, 2016 at 3:02 | comment | added | Antonio Bonifati 'Farmboy' | what does not make sense is your interpretation, that is saying Elvis did not say anything important. I cannot find the context in which this sentence was said, probably a journalist who interviewed Elvis reported it unformally. Anyway, it is not bad to admit to be wrong. I do it often and I always learn from it. | |
| Jan 28, 2016 at 0:22 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | The definition in 4a seems a little misleading, although the example clarifies it: it refers chiefly to some defined system of thoughts or beliefs, so it's puzzling to bring that in here. It's not as though Elvis is known to be a No-Musicitarian or a member of the Know-Nothing Party. That makes no sense. | |
| Jan 28, 2016 at 0:11 | comment | added | Antonio Bonifati 'Farmboy' | See webster: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line number 4. Line can be "a course of conduct, action, or thought". It can also be "a field of activity or interest". Both interpretations do not change the meaning: you don't have to know anything about music in order to make music. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 23:56 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | Yes, but what is a line of thinking? Do you mean that he was referring to his way of thinking, or school of thought, or something like that? "Line of thinking" isn't a familiar phrase. | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 23:52 | history | edited | Antonio Bonifati 'Farmboy' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
changed thought into thinking, which is more appropriate
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| Jan 27, 2016 at 23:51 | comment | added | Antonio Bonifati 'Farmboy' | It's a line of thinking. Why did you downvote? I will amend but "line of thought" is not incorrect as you think. E.g. see (thefreedictionary.com/line+of+thought) | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 23:50 | comment | added | Nathan Tuggy | But what is a "line of thought"? | |
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| Jan 27, 2016 at 23:39 | history | answered | Antonio Bonifati 'Farmboy' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |