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"The way that we imitate each others' riffs is something that other bands don't do as much. If we're jamming with a jazz band, or I am jamming with a jazz band, I have to catch myself, the tendency is always to do that."

"The way that we imitate each others' riffs is something that other bands don't do as much. If we're jamming with a jazz band, or I am jamming with a jazz band, I have to catch myself, the tendency is always to do that."

Mike Gordon, American Musician

30

"I love being in the studio."

"I love being in the studio."

Neil Finn, New Zealander Musician

30

"I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest."

"I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

30

"Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist."

"Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist."

Smokey Robinson, American Musician

30

"It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time."

"It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time."

Waylon Jennings, American Musician

Time, Life, Losing

30

"Rock 'n' roll is like a circus today."

"Rock 'n' roll is like a circus today."

Ray Manzarek, American Musician

30

"Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."

"Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."

John Lennon, English Musician

People, Rest, Will

30

"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it."

"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it."

Irving Berlin, American Musician

30

"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off."

"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

Error, First, Years

30

"Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver."

"Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

30

"To live outside the law, you must be honest."

"To live outside the law, you must be honest."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

30

"The States still has the best audiences by far."

"The States still has the best audiences by far."

Robin Trower, English Musician

Audience, Audiences, states

30

"One thing the blues ain't, is funny."

"One thing the blues ain't, is funny."

Stephen Stills, American Musician

30

"I think aerobics are great, of course, but it just bores me out of my mind."

"I think aerobics are great, of course, but it just bores me out of my mind."

Peter Steele, American Musician

30

"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

30

"Real religion is no religion at all."

"Real religion is no religion at all."

Lauryn Hill, American Musician

30

"I'm for whatever gets you through the night."

"I'm for whatever gets you through the night."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

30

"Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang."

"Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang."

Etta James, American Musician

30

"I had a job when I was 16 at a gas fitter, which was a bit like a pipe fitter."

"I had a job when I was 16 at a gas fitter, which was a bit like a pipe fitter."

Joe Cocker, English Musician

30

"Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave."

"Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave."

Marilyn Manson, American Musician

30

"Most people are really cool and I really don't mind talking to them and answering their questions."

"Most people are really cool and I really don't mind talking to them and answering their questions."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

People, Mind, Questions, Talking

30

"I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times."

"I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times."

Mac Davis, American Musician

People, Communication, Word

30

"For me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I don't think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I'm with them."

"For me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I don't think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I'm with them."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Career, End, Feeling, Want

30

"You have to be unique and different and shine in your own way."

"You have to be unique and different and shine in your own way."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Individuality, Unique, Different, Shine

30

"Paul is a very creative artist but I'm more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut."

"Paul is a very creative artist but I'm more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut."

Art Garfunkel, American Musician

30

"It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings."

"It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings."

Kurt Cobain, American Musician

30

"Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it."

"Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Life, Heart, Will

30

"I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor."

"I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

30

"When I was singing, everybody liked me."

"When I was singing, everybody liked me."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

30

"But by us doing a lot on the road, we were able to afford things like videos on the tours, cartoons that we'd open up the shows with. We were doing that way back when and now it's the hippest thing to do. We're just coming back around, I guess trying to play catch-up."

"But by us doing a lot on the road, we were able to afford things like videos on the tours, cartoons that we'd open up the shows with. We were doing that way back when and now it's the hippest thing to do. We're just coming back around, I guess trying to play catch-up."

Bootsy Collins, American Musician

Cartoons, Now, Open, Play

30

"For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I've done that all my life."

"For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I've done that all my life."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Life, Music, Time, Song

29

"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

29

"And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan."

"And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan."

David Bowie, English Musician

Father, Dad, Thought, Play

29

"There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her."

"There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her."

Carly Simon, American Musician

29

"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

29

"I sell escapism."

"I sell escapism."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

Escape, Escapism

29

"I usually only play with very close friends."

"I usually only play with very close friends."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Friendship, Friends, Play

29

"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

29

"It's innate in me to be a Democrat - a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore. I'm not saying I'm right or wrong. That's just the way I feel."

"It's innate in me to be a Democrat - a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore. I'm not saying I'm right or wrong. That's just the way I feel."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

Right, Saying, Wrong

29

"Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players."

"Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

29

"I don't work at being ordinary."

"I don't work at being ordinary."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

29

"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

29

"I don't think I can tell any stories about how I lived in a van in Alaska. I grew up in the suburbs, I even had my own room. We weren't poor. Everything was very normal."

"I don't think I can tell any stories about how I lived in a van in Alaska. I grew up in the suburbs, I even had my own room. We weren't poor. Everything was very normal."

Lisa Loeb, American Musician

29

"I would rather have a cup of tea than sex."

"I would rather have a cup of tea than sex."

Boy George, English Musician

29

"This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money."

"This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money."

Agnetha Faltskog, Swedish Musician

Money, Success, Idea, Interest

29

"I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day."

"I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day."

Dannii Minogue, Australian Musician

Work, Acting, Coach, Day

29

"I was an elementary school teacher."

"I was an elementary school teacher."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

29

"It's only the giving that makes you what you are."

"It's only the giving that makes you what you are."

Ian Anderson, British Musician

29

"Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up."

"Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up."

Britney Spears, American Musician

Friendship, Friends, Media

29

"No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate."

"No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate."

Matt Cameron, American Musician

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