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"I will always have my songs and I don't think I will ever dry-up."
Barry Gibb
"I will always have my songs and I don't think I will ever dry-up."
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"I make the kind of music I like."
Duncan Sheik
"I make the kind of music I like."
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"All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?"
Willie Nelson
"All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?"
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"We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from."
Debbie Harry
"We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from."
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"Using music to promote hate seems to be the bastardisation of music to me."
Chris Lowe
"Using music to promote hate seems to be the bastardisation of music to me."
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"I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock."
Brad Paisley
"I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock."
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"If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land."
Mencius
"If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land."
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"I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music."
Kevin Bacon
"I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music."
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"Absolute 80's is three hours of mainstream 80's music. I also do New Wave Nation that is more cutting edge. It is more punk stuff from the 70's to the 90's."
Nina Blackwood
"Absolute 80's is three hours of mainstream 80's music. I also do New Wave Nation that is more cutting edge. It is more punk stuff from the 70's to the 90's."
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"When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater."
Morgan Freeman
"When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater."
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"As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and to have the people appreciate the music who really like me for being me."
John Frusciante
"As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and to have the people appreciate the music who really like me for being me."
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"I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music."
John Eaton
"I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music."
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"I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape."
Thom Yorke
"I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape."
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"Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different."
Herbie Hancock
"Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different."
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"Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't."
Billy Higgins
"Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't."
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"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make."
Truman Capote
"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make."
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"After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?"
Tom Araya
"After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?"
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"I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music."
Jai Rodriguez
"I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music."
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"I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other."
Adam Jones
"I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other."
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"I loved the last album, and it was one hundred percent me. But this is like me two years later, who understands a little bit more about music and understands a little bit more about making an album. I wrote a lot more."
Jennifer Lopez
"I loved the last album, and it was one hundred percent me. But this is like me two years later, who understands a little bit more about music and understands a little bit more about making an album. I wrote a lot more."
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"I've always loved music, not necessarily just the Osmonds."
Kevin Richardson
"I've always loved music, not necessarily just the Osmonds."
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"The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about!"
Layne Staley
"The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about!"
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"One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during the film, like the candy machine, and writing pieces of music to go with them, which is totally unnecessary within the context of the film, because they have their own logic."
Fred Frith
"One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during the film, like the candy machine, and writing pieces of music to go with them, which is totally unnecessary within the context of the film, because they have their own logic."
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"Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through."
Lenny Kravitz
"Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through."
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"The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was."
Enya
"The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was."
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"It's really hard for actors to cross over and get any respect as a singer, and if I could just keep it separate and not use my music in movies, it's cool."
Taryn Manning
"It's really hard for actors to cross over and get any respect as a singer, and if I could just keep it separate and not use my music in movies, it's cool."
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"My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil."
Ray Charles
"My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil."
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"For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift."
Billy Joel
"For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift."
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"Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power."
Marcel Marceau
"Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power."
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"I can write music but I'm not much for words."
Jim Diamond
"I can write music but I'm not much for words."
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"Well, I would say that music just happens with me, I'm not in the driver's seat when I am at the piano, the piano is."
Vanessa Carlton
"Well, I would say that music just happens with me, I'm not in the driver's seat when I am at the piano, the piano is."
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"So, in the course of events, I had an opportunity to come in contact with Colin Matthews, through the Rex Foundation sponsoring recordings of various music that was being recorded over there."
Phil Lesh
"So, in the course of events, I had an opportunity to come in contact with Colin Matthews, through the Rex Foundation sponsoring recordings of various music that was being recorded over there."
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"Electronic music used pure sounds, completely calibrated. You had to think digitally, as it were, in a way that allowed you to extend serial ideas into other parameters through technology."
Luc Ferrari
"Electronic music used pure sounds, completely calibrated. You had to think digitally, as it were, in a way that allowed you to extend serial ideas into other parameters through technology."
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"Jim Morrison's very good looking, but I don't like this version of the song. The Feliciano version is better."
Maurice Gibb
"Jim Morrison's very good looking, but I don't like this version of the song. The Feliciano version is better."
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"I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football."
Zakk Wylde
"I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football."
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"Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do."
Herb Alpert
"Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do."
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"That was the impetus for me to do music or art, because I knew if I didn't try when I was young, then I would get to be in my 40's and I'd be really unhappy that I hadn't."
Debbie Harry
"That was the impetus for me to do music or art, because I knew if I didn't try when I was young, then I would get to be in my 40's and I'd be really unhappy that I hadn't."
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"I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music."
Peter Gabriel
"I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music."
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"This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happed to do it very well and I happen to have a lot of groovy songs that I know people are going to dig. I know more about it than you do."
George Thorogood
"This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happed to do it very well and I happen to have a lot of groovy songs that I know people are going to dig. I know more about it than you do."
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"How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white."
Afrika Bambaataa
"How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white."
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"All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff."
Frank Zappa
"All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff."
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"The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world."
Vanessa Carlton
"The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world."
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"Dancing, apart to music with a beat, is my legacy."
Chubby Checker
"Dancing, apart to music with a beat, is my legacy."
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"I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy."
Usher Raymond
"I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy."
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"'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end."
Ben Jonson
"'Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end."
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"All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it."
Jean Cocteau
"All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it."
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"And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music."
Lesley Garrett
"And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music."
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"And I like music, too, I like playing music."
Beau Bridges
"And I like music, too, I like playing music."
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"I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him."
Joaquin Phoenix
"I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him."
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"But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot."
Bill Bruford
"But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot."
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