"I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really."

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"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

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"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

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

Lauren Oliver, American Author

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"I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls."

Tommy Chong, Canadian Actor

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"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Music is happiness with a steady pulse."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it."

Hanns Eisler, German Composer

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"Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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"To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites."

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"Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself."

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"Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues."

Jazz

"You have to pack as much as you can in an hour or 70 minutes. This time around it was 15 songs, so it was a challenge to get them all the right length so you could get them all on."

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"I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really."

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"I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear."

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"The way I look at it, they're all part of my musical diary, and I can listen to any one of them and it will bring up memories of what was going on at that time."

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

"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."

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

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

"I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls."

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."

"Music is happiness with a steady pulse."

"A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it."

"Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory."

"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows."

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"To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites."

"Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself."

"Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues."

"You have to pack as much as you can in an hour or 70 minutes. This time around it was 15 songs, so it was a challenge to get them all the right length so you could get them all on."

"I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really."

"I never really thought about becoming a professional musician."

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"I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear."

"The way I look at it, they're all part of my musical diary, and I can listen to any one of them and it will bring up memories of what was going on at that time."