"I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to do something more than sing at a record hop."

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"I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to do something more than sing at a record hop."

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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

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"We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves."

Work

"We've been together since we've been teenagers. I can go away and disappear for two years, and when we get back together, it's like nothing ever has changed."

Nothing

"The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done."

Style

"If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same."

Clothes

"In our relationship, we don't have that situation. I don't require what he needs, and he doesn't require what I need. I know what I do; I have an amazing life that nobody knows about."

Life

"Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix."

People

"I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well."

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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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"We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves."

"We've been together since we've been teenagers. I can go away and disappear for two years, and when we get back together, it's like nothing ever has changed."

"It's the music that brings us together."

"If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends."

"If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life."

"The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done."

"If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same."

"In our relationship, we don't have that situation. I don't require what he needs, and he doesn't require what I need. I know what I do; I have an amazing life that nobody knows about."

"Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix."

"I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well."