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Quotes by Musician

"I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do."
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Paul McCartney
"I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do."
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"Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!"
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Lauryn Hill
"Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!"
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"If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food."
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Kanye West
"If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food."
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"An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent."
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Tom Lehrer
"An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent."
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"There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period."
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Ted Nugent
"There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period."
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"It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live."
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Sarah McLachlan
"It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live."
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"You can play a shoestring if you're sincere."
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John Coltrane
"You can play a shoestring if you're sincere."
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"In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market."
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Ruben Blades
"In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market."
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"Oh Mr.Webster could never define what's being said between your heart and mine."
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Allison Krauss
"Oh Mr.Webster could never define what's being said between your heart and mine."
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"My career decisions have nothing to do with my personal life."
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Justin Timberlake
"My career decisions have nothing to do with my personal life."
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"I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going."
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Miroslav Vitous
"I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going."
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"I love England. It's no coincidence it's the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only thing Iceland lacks."
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Bjork
"I love England. It's no coincidence it's the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only thing Iceland lacks."
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"Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway."
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Emanuel Ax
"Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway."
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"I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden."
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Bjorn Ulvaeus
"I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden."
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"When we started there was this element of these experiments we were doing where we weren't really sure how the music would play out because the music was all on different players."
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Wayne Coyne
"When we started there was this element of these experiments we were doing where we weren't really sure how the music would play out because the music was all on different players."
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"The one thing that kept our family together was the music. The only thing that our family would share emotionally was to have our dad cry over something the kids did with music."
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Dennis Wilson
"The one thing that kept our family together was the music. The only thing that our family would share emotionally was to have our dad cry over something the kids did with music."
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"I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics."
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Bjork
"I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics."
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"I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family."
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Bjork
"I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family."
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"The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them."
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Elvis Presley
"The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them."
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"His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen."
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Nancy Sinatra
"His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen."
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"It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar."
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Joanna Newsom
"It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar."
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"That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person."
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Steven Morrissey
"That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person."
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"They all knew my name, but no one heard the music - I didn't look the same."
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Ricky Nelson
"They all knew my name, but no one heard the music - I didn't look the same."
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"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it."
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Irving Berlin
"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it."
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"I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations."
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Shakira
"I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations."
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"I would rather have a cup of tea than sex."
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Boy George
"I would rather have a cup of tea than sex."
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"The reality is, some people don't want you to change or go anywhere different."
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Kenneth Edmonds
"The reality is, some people don't want you to change or go anywhere different."
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"Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver."
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Ethel Merman
"Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver."
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"You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again."
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Cher
"You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again."
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"I need them, need them to give me a kick up the arse. Otherwise I'd just be sat-in getting fat, counting me money. It's good people living on your doorstep and looking through your bins. Gives you energy."
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Liam Gallagher
"I need them, need them to give me a kick up the arse. Otherwise I'd just be sat-in getting fat, counting me money. It's good people living on your doorstep and looking through your bins. Gives you energy."
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"It just broke my heart, and I had to get away from it. I love them to death, but they know how bad it got. It's not their fault, but I couldn't do that any longer."
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Brian Welch
"It just broke my heart, and I had to get away from it. I love them to death, but they know how bad it got. It's not their fault, but I couldn't do that any longer."
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"Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall."
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Joseph Jarman
"Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall."
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"Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song."
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Joan Armatrading
"Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song."
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"You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad, empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that without the accountability and leaving God in the center, you can be left so empty and void."
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Stacie Orrico
"You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad, empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that without the accountability and leaving God in the center, you can be left so empty and void."
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"Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want."
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James Hetfield
"Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want."
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"When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again."
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Paula Cole
"When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again."
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"We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us."
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Graham Nash
"We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us."
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"I try to be careful to not just say it's a greatest hits show because we've also made efforts to keep people up to date so to speak because we continually write and record and put out albums."
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Gerry Beckley
"I try to be careful to not just say it's a greatest hits show because we've also made efforts to keep people up to date so to speak because we continually write and record and put out albums."
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"I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure."
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Joan Jett
"I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure."
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"I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories."
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Tom T. Hall
"I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories."
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"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."
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Willie Nelson
"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."
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"I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same."
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Angus Young
"I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same."
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"My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there."
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Brian Eno
"My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there."
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"I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth."
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Barry White
"I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth."
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"I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did."
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Brian Setzer
"I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did."
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"You have to be unique and different and shine in your own way."
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Lady Gaga
"You have to be unique and different and shine in your own way."
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"I got a pair of red, synthetic satin women's pants through the post the other day with a phone number on. That was quite strange. I haven't tried the phone number. In times of stress I may."
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Jarvis Cocker
"I got a pair of red, synthetic satin women's pants through the post the other day with a phone number on. That was quite strange. I haven't tried the phone number. In times of stress I may."
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"I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring."
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Kim Deal
"I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring."
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"Drugs are a bet with your mind."
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Jim Morrison
"Drugs are a bet with your mind."
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"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth."
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Patti Smith
"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth."
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