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"In a way, it's my way of dealing with, finding closure with Grateful Dead music, and giving thanks in a way to Jerry and Bob and all the guys in the band for making up this wonderful music."

"In a way, it's my way of dealing with, finding closure with Grateful Dead music, and giving thanks in a way to Jerry and Bob and all the guys in the band for making up this wonderful music."

Phil Lesh, American Musician

15

"My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes."

"My music is my way to rearrange the world according to my own hopes."

Stephan Jenkins, American Musician

15

"My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music."

"My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music."

Compay Segundo, Cuban Musician

Music, Work, Dedication, Desire

15

"I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else."

"I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else."

Amy Grant, American Musician

15

"So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra, and in working on the material I discovered it was possible to incorporate the Buddhist teachings into the music, so that's what I started to do."

"So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra, and in working on the material I discovered it was possible to incorporate the Buddhist teachings into the music, so that's what I started to do."

Joseph Jarman, American Musician

Music, Buddhist

15

"My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now."

"My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now."

John Frusciante, American Musician

15

"There is still a future with music, because people want music."

"There is still a future with music, because people want music."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

Music, People, Future, Want

15

"I was into playing American music, especially the blues."

"I was into playing American music, especially the blues."

Mark Knopfler, British Musician

Music, American

15

"When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11."

"When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11."

Harrison Birtwistle, British Composer

15

"That's what music has always been to me: a feel. I've listened to the Stones many times and it still makes me have that feeling of joy every time. They are still around and put on a really exciting show. We also give it 120 percent."

"That's what music has always been to me: a feel. I've listened to the Stones many times and it still makes me have that feeling of joy every time. They are still around and put on a really exciting show. We also give it 120 percent."

Mike McCready, American Musician

Music, Time, Feeling, Joy

15

"Well, I think, I certainly used backward music in Sea of Monsters. I can't remember in the Sea of Time. I would tend to do that all the time, you know? I tended to do all sorts of weird things. Just to get effects."

"Well, I think, I certainly used backward music in Sea of Monsters. I can't remember in the Sea of Time. I would tend to do that all the time, you know? I tended to do all sorts of weird things. Just to get effects."

George Martin, English Producer

Music, Time, Sea

15

"Having this other career in music made me work harder as an actress. It's made me more professional."

"Having this other career in music made me work harder as an actress. It's made me more professional."

Mandy Moore, American Musician

Music, Work, Career

15

"To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones."

"To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones."

Reba McEntire, American Musician

15

"I usually think in terms of music."

"I usually think in terms of music."

Shane West, American Actor

15

"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

15

"Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try."

"Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try."

Mary Kay Ash, American Businessman

15

"I don't think Ed Sullivan had anything to do with Carib Song."

"I don't think Ed Sullivan had anything to do with Carib Song."

Katherine Dunham, American Dancer

15

"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

15

"I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me."

"I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me."

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Musician

Music, Career, Singing

15

"Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't."

"Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't."

Billy Higgins, American Musician

Music, Help, Jazz, Needs

15

"I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music."

"I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music."

Mike McCready, American Musician

15

"The first condition for making music is not to make a noise."

"The first condition for making music is not to make a noise."

Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer

15

"I'm sure if we had made an album that was more traditional would have been released immediately. When we actually play this music on stage and people become familiar with it, it will become more popular."

"I'm sure if we had made an album that was more traditional would have been released immediately. When we actually play this music on stage and people become familiar with it, it will become more popular."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

Music, People, Play, Popular

15

"I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music."

"I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music."

Chuck Mangione, American Musician

Music, People, Listening

15

"Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?"

"Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?"

Natalie Imbruglia, Australian Musician

15

"My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years."

"My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

Music, Brother, Rap, Years

15

"I had been interested in Indian music and I actually started studying Tableaus before I met him."

"I had been interested in Indian music and I actually started studying Tableaus before I met him."

Terry Riley, American Composer

15

"God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful."

"God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful."

Donna Summer, American Musician

Music, God, Successful

15

"But that is a valid, continuing service that that music - which is, in some cases, 80 or 90 years old - is rendering. And proving its own timelessness."

"But that is a valid, continuing service that that music - which is, in some cases, 80 or 90 years old - is rendering. And proving its own timelessness."

Dwight Yoakam, American Musician

Music, Old, Service, Years

15

"Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person."

"Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person."

Etta James, American Musician

15

"The world I was born into was one filled with music."

"The world I was born into was one filled with music."

Martha Reeves, American Musician

15

"Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension."

"Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

15

"And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry."

"And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry."

Ruben Studdard, American Musician

Music, God, Longevity

15

"Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine."

"Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine."

John Fogerty, American Musician

15

"I was stuck with looking like a girl. As soon as I got out of music it was straight off to the hairdressers."

"I was stuck with looking like a girl. As soon as I got out of music it was straight off to the hairdressers."

Adam Rickitt, British Actor

15

"For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying. You need to hear what you're writing, and for that you need silence."

"For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying. You need to hear what you're writing, and for that you need silence."

Philip Pullman, British Writer

Music, Listening, Lying, Reason

15

"My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember the words. I can remember songs. If you put it to a melody, I would have sung it to 'em in a minute."

"My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember the words. I can remember songs. If you put it to a melody, I would have sung it to 'em in a minute."

Barry McGuire, American Musician

Music, Songs, Words

15

"Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from."

"Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from."

Chuck Mangione, American Musician

15

"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

15

"I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds."

"I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds."

Ennio Morricone, Italian Composer

15

"Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance."

"Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance."

Francoise Sagan, French Playwright

Music, Feeling, Jazz

15

"But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music."

"But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music."

Isaac Hanson, American Musician

15

"The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation."

"The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation."

Anthony Braxton, American Musician

Music, Talk, Word

15

"It's a little bit more like I want to give this to the people that are really into it first - I don't have a lot of desire to be like Bon Jovi or something like that, I really want to concentrate on the music."

"It's a little bit more like I want to give this to the people that are really into it first - I don't have a lot of desire to be like Bon Jovi or something like that, I really want to concentrate on the music."

Kip Winger, American Musician

Music, People, Desire, First

15

"If someone who knows what's going on comes up and says they liked the music, I appreciate that."

"If someone who knows what's going on comes up and says they liked the music, I appreciate that."

John Lurie, American Actor

15

"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is."

"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is."

Noel Coward, English Playwright

15

"Music should be your escape."

"Music should be your escape."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

15

"This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for."

"This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

15

"Inaudible prayers, particularly of the Canon, which at first don't seem to have anything to do with music, end up being a very important part of the aesthetic of the traditional structure of the Mass."

"Inaudible prayers, particularly of the Canon, which at first don't seem to have anything to do with music, end up being a very important part of the aesthetic of the traditional structure of the Mass."

Richard Morris, English Clergyman

Music, Being, End, First

15

"I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element."

"I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Music, Nature, Work, People

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