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"The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group."

"The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group."

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

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"I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas."

"I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas."

Tommy Shaw, American Musician

38

"The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else and his house was still standing."

"The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else and his house was still standing."

Russell Banks, American Author

37

"The road passed through a curtain of pine forest and came out on a flat, rolling snow field. In this field the sprawled or bunched bodies of Germans lay thick, like some dark shapeless vegetable."

"The road passed through a curtain of pine forest and came out on a flat, rolling snow field. In this field the sprawled or bunched bodies of Germans lay thick, like some dark shapeless vegetable."

Martha Gellhorn, American Journalist

37

"One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves."

"One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves."

Gore Vidal, American Novelist

36

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."

Lewis Carroll, English Author

36

"There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road."

"There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road."

Gary Cherone, American Musician

35

"I remember wearing overcoats, hiding in the bushes outside of Abbey Road Studios, waiting for the traffic to clear. As it did, we would drop our overcoats and run out on to the cross walk and strike our poses."

"I remember wearing overcoats, hiding in the bushes outside of Abbey Road Studios, waiting for the traffic to clear. As it did, we would drop our overcoats and run out on to the cross walk and strike our poses."

Jack Irons, American Musician

35

"I'm the most low-maintenance person on the road."

"I'm the most low-maintenance person on the road."

Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

35

"There was one year that I was on the road."

"There was one year that I was on the road."

Eydie Gorme, American Musician

33

"Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something."

"Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something."

Brian Setzer, American Musician

33

"Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls."

"Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls."

Desi Arnaz, American Actor

33

"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."

"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."

Yogi Berra, American Athlete

32

"I've been on the road for four years. I won't recognise the place again, until I walk out on stage."

"I've been on the road for four years. I won't recognise the place again, until I walk out on stage."

Louise Jameson, British Actress

31

"But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road."

"But I don't want to do no big tours or go out on the road."

John Lee Hooker, American Musician

31

"Follow the yellow brick road."

"Follow the yellow brick road."

E. Y. Harburg, American Musician

30

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

Sterling Holloway, American Actor

29

"Buy groceries and feed yourself, even on the road."

"Buy groceries and feed yourself, even on the road."

Steve Albini, American Musician

28

"In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if there are many ships they must ride close one by another."

"In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if there are many ships they must ride close one by another."

William Dampier, English Explorer

Road, Ships, Water

27

"After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect."

"After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect."

Tom T. Hall, American Musician

27

"The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat; if there is a place to sit, sit; if there is a restroom, go."

"The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat; if there is a place to sit, sit; if there is a restroom, go."

Jessica Savitch, American Journalist

26

"I don't go down the road of condemning."

"I don't go down the road of condemning."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

25

"If we know where we want to go, then even a stony road is bearable."

"If we know where we want to go, then even a stony road is bearable."

Horst Koehler, German Statesman

25

"Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path through woods and seeing a wooden bench just at a bend in the road ahead, a place where you can expect to sit for a moment, catching your breath."

"Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path through woods and seeing a wooden bench just at a bend in the road ahead, a place where you can expect to sit for a moment, catching your breath."

Lewis Thomas, English Scientist

24

"The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick."

"The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick."

L. Frank Baum, American Author

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