"I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself."

Music, Guitar, Present

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"I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself."

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"We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow."

Pain,

"Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not."

Being, Water

"I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself."

Music, Guitar, Present

"I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on a bus or on the road hand to mouth and you don't know where your money's coming from."

Life, Money, Road, Stability

"That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind."

Motivational, Motivation, Artist, Attention

"When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity."

Months, Years

"Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely."

Benefit, Benefits, Energy

"I can take criticisms but not compliments."

Compliment, Compliments

"It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way."

Time, Being, Discovery, Quiet

"If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you."

Music, Self

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Mitch Albom, American Writer

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"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"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

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"You can cage the singer but not the song."

Harry Belafonte, American Musician

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"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Music is the fastest motivator in the world."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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