Quotes by Musician | Beyond Motive 10/370

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"Most things I worry about never happen anyway."

"Most things I worry about never happen anyway."

Tom Petty, American Musician

82

"Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems."

"Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

America, Problems

82

"But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at the airport, five hours of interviews... I know, it's part of the job, but that doesn't imply I have to like it."

"But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at the airport, five hours of interviews... I know, it's part of the job, but that doesn't imply I have to like it."

Andrew Eldritch, English Musician

82

"As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life."

"As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life."

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

Life, End, Famous

82

"But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there."

"But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there."

Richard Thompson, British Musician

Life, Music, Right, Salvation

82

"And on top of that, when we work together we have a wonderful working relationship we push each other we challenge each other we laugh 80% of the time that we are together we're very fortunate."

"And on top of that, when we work together we have a wonderful working relationship we push each other we challenge each other we laugh 80% of the time that we are together we're very fortunate."

Alex Lifeson, Canadian Musician

Time, Work, Challenge

82

"Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded."

"Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Guitar, Hate, Want

82

"I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that."

"I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

82

"I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws."

"I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Self-Acceptance, Failure, Flaws

81

"I grew up listening to old soul."

"I grew up listening to old soul."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Soul, Listening, Old

81

"Perfection itself is imperfection."

"Perfection itself is imperfection."

Vladimir Horowitz, American Musician

81

"In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual."

"In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

Sex, Songs, Spiritual

81

"The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him."

"The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him."

Cher, American Musician

Woman, Women, Nothing, Trouble

81

"By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with."

"By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

Daughter, Jazz, Man, Want

81

"This illness made it impossible for me to give my best effort to our audience, but now that it's been identified, I'm looking forward to a complete, quick recovery and to get back out there with John as soon as possible."

"This illness made it impossible for me to give my best effort to our audience, but now that it's been identified, I'm looking forward to a complete, quick recovery and to get back out there with John as soon as possible."

Daryl Hall, American Musician

Effort, Illness, Now, Quick

81

"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything."

"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything."

Dave Matthews, South African Musician

81

"I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me."

"I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me."

Naima Adedapo, American Musician

81

"My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that."

"My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that."

Etta James, American Musician

81

"I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange."

"I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange."

Dizzy Gillespie, American Musician

Ideas, Example, Force

81

"I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope."

"I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

81

"I am not very good at keeping secrets at all! If you want your secret kept do not tell me!"

"I am not very good at keeping secrets at all! If you want your secret kept do not tell me!"

Miley Cyrus, American Musician

81

"When all you wanted was to be wanted, you wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now."

"When all you wanted was to be wanted, you wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Reflection, Regret, Wisdom, Time

81

"You can play a shoestring if you're sincere."

"You can play a shoestring if you're sincere."

John Coltrane, American Musician

81

"Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity."

"Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity."

George Thorogood, American Musician

80

"I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way."

"I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Work, Listening

80

"We're not spokespeople, we're musicians."

"We're not spokespeople, we're musicians."

Ed O'Brien, English Musician

80

"I usually only play with very close friends."

"I usually only play with very close friends."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Friendship, Friends, Play

80

"I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys."

"I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys."

Bob Seger, American Musician

80

"I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them."

"I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them."

Gary Wright, American Musician

Son, Artists, Being

80

"Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart."

"Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart."

Andres Segovia, Spanish Musician

Music, Poetry, Heart, Body

80

"As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back."

"As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

Trust, Wife, Feelings, Winning

80

"I've never really been anywhere, and now I get to go everywhere. I just have to make sure there's enough memory on my computer to hold all my pictures."

"I've never really been anywhere, and now I get to go everywhere. I just have to make sure there's enough memory on my computer to hold all my pictures."

Carrie Underwood, American Musician

Computer, Memory, Now

80

"We should welcome applause whenever it comes."

"We should welcome applause whenever it comes."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

80

"There's no such thing as an original sin."

"There's no such thing as an original sin."

Elvis Costello, British Musician

80

"I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world."

"I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world."

Al Green, American Musician

80

"Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through."

"Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through."

Lesley Gore, American Musician

Attitude, Positive, Problems

80

"It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease."

"It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease."

Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese Musician

Cure, Disease, Songs, Trying

80

"I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death."

"I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death."

Peter Steele, American Musician

Death, Love, Sex, Songs

80

"I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart."

"I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Truth, Lie, Heart, Pretty

80

"If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?"

"If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?"

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

Fear, Performance, Key

79

"I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!"

"I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!"

Garth Brooks, American Musician

Honesty, Mind, Will

79

"The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity."

"The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity."

Alan Gregg, New Zealander Musician

Experience, Adversity, Now, Prosperity

79

"My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people."

"My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

Life, Peace, God, People

79

"I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players."

"I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players."

Dimebag Darrell, American Musician

79

"With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do, it probably wouldn't be a dull date, because I am a jock."

"With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do, it probably wouldn't be a dull date, because I am a jock."

Chris Brown, American Musician

79

"When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true."

"When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

Meeting, Meetings

79

"The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer."

"The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer."

Victor Borge, American Musician

79

"I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song."

"I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song."

Gavin DeGraw, American Musician

Popular, Song, Writer, Writing

79

"If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing."

"If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing."

Peter Steele, American Musician

79

"I rarely watch TV but I guess I'd watch the weather report since I fly so much."

"I rarely watch TV but I guess I'd watch the weather report since I fly so much."

Fred Schneider, American Musician

79

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