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"I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M."

"I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M."

John Tesh, American Musician

Music, Work, Day, Job

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"What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man."

"What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man."

Ray Charles, American Musician

Music, Country, Country music, Jazz

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"I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style."

"I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style."

Ken Burns, American Director

Music, Work, People, Complexity

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"As a person, I'm not that hopeful, but somehow the hopeful part of me reveals itself through my songs."

"As a person, I'm not that hopeful, but somehow the hopeful part of me reveals itself through my songs."

David Friedman, American Actor

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"But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words."

"But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words."

Utada Hikaru, Japanese 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."

"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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"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

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"The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees."

"The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees."

Andres Segovia, Spanish Musician

Music, Advice, Flowers, Giving

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"Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words."

"Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words."

Jean Philippe Rameau, French Composer

Music, First, Words

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"So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music."

"So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

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"There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing."

"There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing."

Greg Ginn, American Musician

Music, Power, Feeling, Pretty

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"I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul."

"I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul."

Dick Dale, American Musician

Music, Anger, Soul, Frustration

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"Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass."

"Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass."

Frank Zappa, American Musician

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"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman."

"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman."

Ludwig van Beethoven, German Composer

Music, Heart, Eyes, Fire

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"I listen to gospel music."

"I listen to gospel music."

Mary J. Blige, American Musician

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"Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in."

"Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in."

David Bowie, English Musician

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"Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz."

"Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz."

Cassandra Wilson, American Musician

Music, African, Jazz

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"I am a bit more of a whore with my acting than I am with my music. I am not a whore with my music."

"I am a bit more of a whore with my acting than I am with my music. I am not a whore with my music."

Rick Springfield, American Musician

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"My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music."

"My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music."

Merle Haggard, American Musician

Music, Son, Guitar, Old

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"I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same."

"I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same."

Toni Braxton, American Musician

Music, Fashion, Old, Will

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"Well, first of all, they're all about the music and all I care about in my professional career is the music."

"Well, first of all, they're all about the music and all I care about in my professional career is the music."

Ronnie Spector, American Musician

Music, Care, Career, First

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"I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about."

"I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about."

Tommy Shaw, American Musician

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"I mean as long as I have been doing music I know I am only 30% of what I could be and want to be."

"I mean as long as I have been doing music I know I am only 30% of what I could be and want to be."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

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"We'd have to suck away at oxygen canisters between songs just so that we could keep playing."

"We'd have to suck away at oxygen canisters between songs just so that we could keep playing."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

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"I've been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead."

"I've been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead."

River Phoenix, American Actor

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"I don't know where my songs come from... If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this plane."

"I don't know where my songs come from... If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this plane."

Judy Collins, American Musician

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"It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time."

"It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time."

Tommy Shaw, American Musician

Music, Time, People, Attention

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"I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music."

"I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

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"Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted."

"Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted."

Billie Joe Armstrong, American Musician

Music, Education, Day

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"Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie."

"Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie."

John Milton, English Poet

Music, Beauty, Emotion, Harmony

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

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

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Music, Race, Voice

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"I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium."

"I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

Music, Force, Needs

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"This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very much, and we understood each other so well that it was a pleasure to make music."

"This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very much, and we understood each other so well that it was a pleasure to make music."

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Musician

Music, Quality, Pleasure

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"I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music."

"I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

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"We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever."

"We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever."

Tanya Tucker, American Musician

Music, Country, Country music, Fans

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"Our music, you either get it or you don't. There's no middle ground."

"Our music, you either get it or you don't. There's no middle ground."

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

39

"We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine."

"We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine."

Lucinda Williams, American Musician

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"I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse."

"I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse."

Bing Crosby, American Musician

Music, Country, Popular

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"I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going."

"I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going."

Neil Schon, American Musician

Music, Sports, Career

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"As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate."

"As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate."

Suzanne Farrell, American Dancer

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"Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one."

"Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one."

Gavin Bryars, English Composer

Music, Idea, Man, Skill

39

"Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away."

"Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away."

William Watson, American Poet

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"It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played."

"It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

39

"Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music."

"Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

39

"It was awesome because we were doing Ramones songs."

"It was awesome because we were doing Ramones songs."

Mike Lowry, American Politician

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"On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off."

"On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off."

Cynthia Weil, American Musician

Music, Songs, Style, Trade, Voice

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"I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance."

"I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance."

Alex Kapranos, Scottish Musician

Music, People, Dance, Blood

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"Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards."

"Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

Music, Awards, Country, Country music

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"I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go with it. There's no code, there's no craft... it's just let yourself shine through your music. If it's meant to be loved and heard, it'll happen."

"I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go with it. There's no code, there's no craft... it's just let yourself shine through your music. If it's meant to be loved and heard, it'll happen."

Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian Musician

Music, Press, Song, Writing

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"This genre of music seems to want to push people into a certain time slot, which is unfortunate."

"This genre of music seems to want to push people into a certain time slot, which is unfortunate."

Juice Newton, American Musician

Music, Time, People, Want

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