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"I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life."

"I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life."

Ike Turner, American Musician

13

"When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material."

"When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material."

Tennessee Ernie Ford, American Musician

Music, Day, Night, Pretty

13

"I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be."

"I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be."

Crystal Waters, American Musician

Integrity, Quiet, Talking, Trying

13

"For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet."

"For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet."

Jermaine Jackson, American Musician

Society, Humanity, Interest

13

"My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me."

"My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

13

"He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously."

"He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously."

Mary Lou Williams, American Musician

13

"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

13

"In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature."

"In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Business, Nature, Skin

13

"I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then."

"I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then."

Bob Seger, American Musician

13

"A lot of those songs are actually about Sarah, who I was recently divorced from about five or six months ago. I'd been seeing her off and on since I was about nineteen, so a lot of those songs are about her."

"A lot of those songs are actually about Sarah, who I was recently divorced from about five or six months ago. I'd been seeing her off and on since I was about nineteen, so a lot of those songs are about her."

Gene Ween, American Musician

13

"Thought the sun is gone, I have a light."

"Thought the sun is gone, I have a light."

Kurt Cobain, American Musician

Thought, Light, Sun

13

"That still has to be there. And so, it's kind of an interesting question you brought up. Because, on the one hand, yeah, it'd be lovely. I certainly don't see that happening. In fact, I see the opposite happening."

"That still has to be there. And so, it's kind of an interesting question you brought up. Because, on the one hand, yeah, it'd be lovely. I certainly don't see that happening. In fact, I see the opposite happening."

Danny Elfman, American Musician

13

"Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

"Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

Tom Lehrer, American Musician

13

"To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only a few people in the audience actually know what that music is, or understand it."

"To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only a few people in the audience actually know what that music is, or understand it."

Archie Shepp, American Musician

Music, People, Play

13

"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."

"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

Love, Bible, Alcohol, Enemy

13

"If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you."

"If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you."

Siobhan Fahey, British Musician

Life, Depression

13

"I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well."

"I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Poetry, Children, Want

13

"There is nothing so stable as change."

"There is nothing so stable as change."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Change, Nothing

13

"I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other."

"I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other."

Adam Jones, American Musician

Music, Songs, Sound, Style

13

"Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die."

"Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die."

Paul Simon, American Musician

13

"But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles were happening. I think that was probably the main thing. The Beatles just changed the whole world of music."

"But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles were happening. I think that was probably the main thing. The Beatles just changed the whole world of music."

Barry McGuire, American Musician

13

"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

13

"Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more."

"Being a singer is a way for me to get to a platform to do more."

Chaka Khan, American Musician

13

"Art is the signature of civilizations."

"Art is the signature of civilizations."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

13

"It would be nice to have radio support, not that we've ever had that much trouble with it."

"It would be nice to have radio support, not that we've ever had that much trouble with it."

Zac Hanson, American Musician

Support, Trouble

13

"I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone."

"I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Friendship, Friends, Parents

13

"The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice."

"The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice."

Andres Segovia, Spanish Musician

13

"I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success."

"I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success."

Paula Cole, American Musician

Success, Adversity

13

"I want you to do it right as fast as you can, not fast as right as you can."

"I want you to do it right as fast as you can, not fast as right as you can."

Arthur Collins, American Musician

13

"No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it."

"No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it."

Grace Slick, American Musician

13

"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

13

"In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it."

"In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

13

"Drinking bear is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion."

"Drinking bear is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion."

Alice Cooper, American Musician

Christian, Being, Drinking, Rebellion

13

"I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get."

"I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get."

Buddy Rich, American Musician

13

"Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you."

"Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you."

Mariah Carey, American Musician

Fans, Forget, Hair, Want

13

"My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything."

"My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything."

Carly Simon, American Musician

13

"You can be surrounded by people, and still be lonely. You can be understood by people, and still feel unknown."

"You can be surrounded by people, and still be lonely. You can be understood by people, and still feel unknown."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Emotional, Loneliness, Understanding, Community

13

"Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people."

"Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people."

Ozzy Osbourne, English Musician

13

"When everything is lonely I can be my best friend."

"When everything is lonely I can be my best friend."

Conor Oberst, American Musician

Friendship, Friend, Lonely

13

"When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him."

"When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him."

Jackie DeShannon, American Musician

People, Fans, Trying

13

"Of course, I want to sell this record - there's no point making it otherwise."

"Of course, I want to sell this record - there's no point making it otherwise."

George Michael, British Musician

13

"I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect."

"I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect."

Charlie Haden, American Musician

American, Composers, Respect, Songs

13

"I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play."

"I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play."

Herb Alpert, American Musician

13

"With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee."

"With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

Thought, People, Modesty

13

"I wasn't thinking of competing with any artists as such, I was more thinking of being among them, and sharing thoughts with them; like sharing views, ideas, etc."

"I wasn't thinking of competing with any artists as such, I was more thinking of being among them, and sharing thoughts with them; like sharing views, ideas, etc."

Dennis Brown, American Musician

Ideas, Thoughts, Artists, Being

13

"Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop."

"Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop."

Judy Collins, American Musician

Fun, Prose, Writing

13

"I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music for music as opposed to music that has something to do with some form of image or imagery."

"I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music for music as opposed to music that has something to do with some form of image or imagery."

Les Claypool, American Musician

Music, Musicians, World

13

"I'm busy doing my job, and being a loudmouth doesn't appeal to me as much as when I was younger and had the youthful delusion that I was smarter than everybody else."

"I'm busy doing my job, and being a loudmouth doesn't appeal to me as much as when I was younger and had the youthful delusion that I was smarter than everybody else."

Steve Albini, American Musician

Being, Delusion, Job

13

"Not after the big bust in '92, there's no big drug lifestyle anymore. I can't talk about it. Pretty ugly."

"Not after the big bust in '92, there's no big drug lifestyle anymore. I can't talk about it. Pretty ugly."

Gene Ween, American Musician

Pretty, Talk, Ugly

13

"The world is a stage, the stage is a world of entertainment."

"The world is a stage, the stage is a world of entertainment."

Howard Dietz, American Musician

Entertainment, World

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