"I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years."

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"I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years."

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"A song is anything that can walk by itself."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Music, Song

"People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Music, People, Ideas, Being

"All truthful music is familiar to the ear, for its notes were written into our souls long ago."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Music, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Music, Land, World

"My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Music, Crime, Cruelty, Oppression

"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Music, Truth, Memory, Happiness

"I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music."

Nancy Sinatra, American Musician

Music, Daughter

"The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation. I can't contrive a song."

Gene Clark, American Musician

Music, Song, Writing

"Strains of music spring up, crystallizing in the night air like rain turning suddenly to snow, drifting to earth."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Music, Night, Snow, Rain

"We became the songs we wrote."

Barry Mann, American Musician

Music, Songs

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"But when you're beginning, you should try to focus on something you love and your own way of doing things."

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"Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative."

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"Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there."

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"I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance."

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"For a young band about to make a record, make sure you get the vocals right."

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"I think my voice worked out fine, but it was a lot of work for me. And I was very self-conscious about it. I was a bit self-conscious about writing lyrics too."

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"A song is anything that can walk by itself."

"People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas."

"All truthful music is familiar to the ear, for its notes were written into our souls long ago."

"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway."

"My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music."

"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

"I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music."

"The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation. I can't contrive a song."

"Strains of music spring up, crystallizing in the night air like rain turning suddenly to snow, drifting to earth."

"We became the songs we wrote."

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"But when you're beginning, you should try to focus on something you love and your own way of doing things."

"Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative."

"Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there."

"The vocals are what immediately draw people in and sell the song."

"I see myself as the buffer between the band and the record company."

"I had previously been in the band the Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman."

"My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away."

"I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance."

"For a young band about to make a record, make sure you get the vocals right."

"I think my voice worked out fine, but it was a lot of work for me. And I was very self-conscious about it. I was a bit self-conscious about writing lyrics too."