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"Even people that know Johnny Cash's music really well and know that he was married don't really know that much about June Carter. So finding out about her really helped to inform my performance and to bring her to the front in a way that she has never been before."

"Even people that know Johnny Cash's music really well and know that he was married don't really know that much about June Carter. So finding out about her really helped to inform my performance and to bring her to the front in a way that she has never been before."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

Music, People, Performance, June

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"It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's."

"It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's."

Richard D. James, English Musician

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"More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible."

"More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible."

Billy Joel, American Musician

Music, Art, Literature

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"Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to."

"Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to."

Lesley Garrett, English Musician

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"Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well."

"Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well."

Tanya Tucker, American Musician

Music, Influence

46

"It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music."

"It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music."

Christina Milian, American Musician

Music, Old, Years

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"With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention."

"With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

Music, Time, Feeling, First

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"Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage."

"Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

Music, People, Media, Play

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"DUST includes rarities, demos, unreleased songs and instrumentals, live recordings, and more."

"DUST includes rarities, demos, unreleased songs and instrumentals, live recordings, and more."

Adrian Belew, American Musician

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"And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve."

"And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve."

Duncan Sheik, American Musician

Music, Songs, Trying

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"Music became an obsession, and eventually we felt more comfortable with each other then we did with anyone else. The three of us were like one person."

"Music became an obsession, and eventually we felt more comfortable with each other then we did with anyone else. The three of us were like one person."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

Music, Obsession

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"I have to play as much of the game as I allow myself to get the music heard. But it's not unlike the rest of the world, so I'm not as up in arms about it as I could be."

"I have to play as much of the game as I allow myself to get the music heard. But it's not unlike the rest of the world, so I'm not as up in arms about it as I could be."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

Music, Play, Rest, World

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"If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song."

"If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song."

Paul Tillich, German Theologian

Music, Song, Tongue

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"All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song."

"All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song."

Louis Armstrong, American Musician

Music, Folk, Song

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"Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It's about the fact that I really do enjoy it."

"Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It's about the fact that I really do enjoy it."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

Music, Fact, Fame

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"Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can't."

"Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can't."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

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"It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes."

"It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes."

Dinah Sheridan, English Actress

Music, Feelings, Film

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"You know, when I hear music, I just hear the whole thing."

"You know, when I hear music, I just hear the whole thing."

Meg White, American Musician

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"There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing."

"There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing."

John Deacon, British Musician

Music, American, EnglEnglish

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"The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to."

"The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to."

John McLaughlin, English Musician

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"And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything."

"And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

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"I'm sometimes critical about other artists who come out with something different until maybe I hear the music. If the music is there, then they did their job, and I'll enjoy the CD."

"I'm sometimes critical about other artists who come out with something different until maybe I hear the music. If the music is there, then they did their job, and I'll enjoy the CD."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

Music, Artists, Job

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"I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits."

"I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits."

J. Carter Brown, American Art Historian

Music, Poetry, Spirits

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"Geez, I wish I could tell you I had a whole bunch of '80s hair bands, you know something you really wouldn't expect, but I don't know that the music police would be that surprised, because most of the stuff that I am influenced by is in evidence in the music."

"Geez, I wish I could tell you I had a whole bunch of '80s hair bands, you know something you really wouldn't expect, but I don't know that the music police would be that surprised, because most of the stuff that I am influenced by is in evidence in the music."

John Sebastian, American Musician

Music, Hair, Police

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"Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!"

"Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!"

Courtney Love, American Musician

Music, Creation, Drugs, Dumb

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"The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music."

"The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

Music, Time, People, Spelling

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"The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music."

"The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

Music, Day, Effect, Hearing

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"I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost."

"I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Music, Being, Innocence, Loss

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"Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor."

"Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor."

Ray Charles, American Musician

Music, Life, Honor, Years

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"To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it, to make the best music that we possibly could, those were the goals."

"To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it, to make the best music that we possibly could, those were the goals."

Janet Jackson, American Musician

Music, Goals, Positive

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"Well, I'd had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that."

"Well, I'd had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that."

Noel Redding, English Musician

Music, Songs, Writing

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"I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want."

"I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want."

John Lee Hooker, American Musician

Music, Baseball, Play, Song

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"I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music."

"I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music."

Judy Collins, American Musician

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"We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals."

"We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals."

Tommy Shaw, American Musician

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"Describing Woodstock as the "big bang," I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played."

"Describing Woodstock as the "big bang," I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played."

David Crosby, American Musician

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"Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world."

"Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world."

Enrique Iglesias, Spanish Musician

Music, English, Language, Rest

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"You've got to separate the singer and the songs."

"You've got to separate the singer and the songs."

Van Morrison, British Musician

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"I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him."

"I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him."

Mary MacLane, Canadian Writer

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"So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing."

"So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing."

Kurt Loder, American Journalist

Music, Knowledge, News, Television

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"All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated."

"All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

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"I never presumed that a technique of composition or an idea was so special that just using it would guarantee the quality of the music."

"I never presumed that a technique of composition or an idea was so special that just using it would guarantee the quality of the music."

Robert Morris, American Financier

Music, Quality, Idea

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"Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind."

"Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind."

Gioachino Rossini, Italian Composer

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"I really wanted to pursue music, but all those other girls are doing it and it is annoying."

"I really wanted to pursue music, but all those other girls are doing it and it is annoying."

Alexa Vega, American Actress

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"The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations."

"The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations."

Franz Liszt, Hungarian Composer

Music, Character, Emotions

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"A translation is no translation, he said, unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it."

"A translation is no translation, he said, unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it."

John Millington Synge, Irish Poet

Music, Will, Words

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"When you don't have a record label and you have been on your own as we have, you can look at all these other ways you can get in touch with other people and get music out there again."

"When you don't have a record label and you have been on your own as we have, you can look at all these other ways you can get in touch with other people and get music out there again."

Andy Taylor, British Musician

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"I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung."

"I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung."

Gavin DeGraw, American Musician

Music, Soul, Listening

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"Touring with King Crimson wasn't a lot of fun for me. I had a lot of equipment, and when I was in improvised music I'd set it up myself, play the gig, and put it all away again."

"Touring with King Crimson wasn't a lot of fun for me. I had a lot of equipment, and when I was in improvised music I'd set it up myself, play the gig, and put it all away again."

Jamie Muir, British Artist

Music, Fun, Play

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"It doesn't take me long to write songs."

"It doesn't take me long to write songs."

Ben E. King, American Musician

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"Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company."

"Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company."

Roy Ayers, English Musician

Music, Artists, Company, Production

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