"My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs."

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"Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator."

Jeff Tweedy, American Musician

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"The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

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"There are so few directors who are musical who appreciate music."

Alex North, American Composer

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"Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music."

Brian Eno, British Musician

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"I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may."

Lee Ann Womack, 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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"I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults."

Rick Derringer, American Musician

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"Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

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"I see music as one language. If one musical form eats its own tail, it dies. So it needs to be a mongrel, it needs to be hybridised."

Sting, British Musician

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"So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with."

Joseph Jarman, American Musician

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"Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator."

"The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings."

"There are so few directors who are musical who appreciate music."

"Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music."

"I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may."

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

"I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults."

"Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it."

"I see music as one language. If one musical form eats its own tail, it dies. So it needs to be a mongrel, it needs to be hybridised."

"So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with."

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"I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands."

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"I think people like Steve Vai are so boring."

"I've never worried about how long the song is."

"I've always dabbled on guitar, but never took lessons."

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"I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes wrong."

"I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same."

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