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Greg Lake

"Philosophically, what I have learned is to thy own self be true. That is the biggest lesson of all. Relax; music is fun. To many people take it to seriously because of the money involved."

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"Philosophically, what I have learned is to thy own self be true. That is the biggest lesson of all. Relax; music is fun. To many people take it to seriously because of the money involved."

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"Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity."
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"When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money or is cynical it makes all the difference."
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"I don't think art is a goal orientated business. I don't do things for the challenges, I only do them because I love them, I'm not really a goal orientated, achiever type of person."
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"The greatest music is made for love, not for money."
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"I feel with ELP that I wasn't making the most of my life and I wasn't making the most of my creativity. I was marking time. I don't want to do that. Life is to short."
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"I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I want to try stuff from other genres and try to widen my musical base."
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"When we made that album with Gary Moore, I was still kind of searching for the right direction for myself. Although the music is quite good the direction was like a box of fireworks that caught light all at the same time."
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"As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world. That's the difference."
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"There is no standing still because time is moving forward."
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"When you are in a band for a number of years you loose your identity in a way. You become a part of that band and then all of a sudden you are not part of that band. You are still the band without the other two members."
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