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"From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it."

"From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Love, Applause, Energy, Giving

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"It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved."

"It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved."

Cliff Richard, English Musician

Business, Career, Pain

29

"You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins."

"You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins."

David Coverdale, English Musician

Brother, Brothers, Relatives, Sisters, Songs

29

"My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't been laid in a month. I don't have a girlfriend. I have a warrant for my arrest."

"My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't been laid in a month. I don't have a girlfriend. I have a warrant for my arrest."

Layne Staley, American Musician

Girlfriend, Bed

29

"The difference between reality and unreality is that reality has so little to recommend it."

"The difference between reality and unreality is that reality has so little to recommend it."

Allan Sherman, American Musician

Difference, Reality

29

"Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself."

"Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself."

Hasil Adkins, American Musician

29

"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Mother, Jazz, Today

29

"You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy."

"You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

29

"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth."

"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Art, Life, Dream, Balance

29

"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."

"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Freedom, Responsibility

28

"There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews."

"There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Spirit, Spirits

28

"Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course."

"Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course."

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Musician

28

"Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there."

"Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there."

Bonnie Raitt, American Musician

Religion, People, Hell, Spirituality

28

"The wise musicians are those who play what they can master."

"The wise musicians are those who play what they can master."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

Musicians, Play

28

"There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads."

"There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads."

Phil Lesh, American Musician

28

"Everybody is a teenage idol."

"Everybody is a teenage idol."

Barry Gibb, English Musician

28

"I've gone through hell and back."

"I've gone through hell and back."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

28

"The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion."

"The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion."

Nadia Boulanger, French Musician

Love, Choice, Passion

28

"Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh."

"Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh."

Leonard Cohen, Canadian Musician

Children, Lovers, Secrets, Word

28

"I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch."

"I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch."

Count Basie, American Musician

28

"The woman I am currently crazy about was a vegetarian for a year until I started dating her. As is the case with most vegetarians, she had never eaten properly prepared meat, only commercially packaged or otherwise abused flesh."

"The woman I am currently crazy about was a vegetarian for a year until I started dating her. As is the case with most vegetarians, she had never eaten properly prepared meat, only commercially packaged or otherwise abused flesh."

Steve Albini, American Musician

28

"In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle."

"In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle."

Lou Reed, American Musician

Drugs, Insanity, Sound

28

"My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die."

"My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die."

Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician

28

"The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays."

"The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

28

"Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!"

"Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!"

Gavin Rossdale, British Musician

28

"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

28

"I say it's a girls' world."

"I say it's a girls' world."

Nelly Furtado, Canadian Musician

28

"For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song."

"For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song."

Geddy Lee, Canadian Musician

28

"And then, I was thinking of doing a record just like starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just kind of a cappella, and I did it for this art piece I did where people could come and play music to go with a voice."

"And then, I was thinking of doing a record just like starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just kind of a cappella, and I did it for this art piece I did where people could come and play music to go with a voice."

Kim Gordon, American Musician

Art, Music, People, Play

28

"Everything I do feels like It's going to end up being in Radiohead."

"Everything I do feels like It's going to end up being in Radiohead."

Jonny Greenwood, English Musician

28

"When I got to Chicago I had to find my way."

"When I got to Chicago I had to find my way."

Luther Allison, American Musician

28

"The Internet is a whole new world opening up."

"The Internet is a whole new world opening up."

Kenneth Edmonds, American Musician

Internet, World

28

"We want to get this good music to as many people as possible because I think it heals, it soothes, I think music is incredibly important, especially in today's chaos."

"We want to get this good music to as many people as possible because I think it heals, it soothes, I think music is incredibly important, especially in today's chaos."

Graham Nash, British Musician

Music, People, Chaos, Today

28

"You gotta love livin', baby, 'cause dyin' is a pain in the ass."

"You gotta love livin', baby, 'cause dyin' is a pain in the ass."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

Love, Baby, Pain

28

"Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner."

"Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Motivation, Winning, Success, Humanity

28

"We should welcome applause whenever it comes."

"We should welcome applause whenever it comes."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

28

"I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do."

"I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do."

Lesley Gore, American Musician

28

"Right now my mind is on the people who stole our instruments, and, specifically, the person with my guitar, which will no doubt end its days having Green Day songs worked out on it. A better fate was deserved - and while the reverence given to guitars annoys me, I shall miss it."

"Right now my mind is on the people who stole our instruments, and, specifically, the person with my guitar, which will no doubt end its days having Green Day songs worked out on it. A better fate was deserved - and while the reverence given to guitars annoys me, I shall miss it."

Jonny Greenwood, English Musician

People, Day, Doubt, End

28

"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

28

"I'm going to Yoshi's. I'm taking a few gigs. I'm playing. I'm not going to play all the time. I'm going to take it easy and take it slow and warm up so I can come back."

"I'm going to Yoshi's. I'm taking a few gigs. I'm playing. I'm not going to play all the time. I'm going to take it easy and take it slow and warm up so I can come back."

Freddie Hubbard, American Musician

28

"I have this one little saying, when things get too heavy just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man."

"I have this one little saying, when things get too heavy just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

28

"How nice the human voice is when it isn't singing."

"How nice the human voice is when it isn't singing."

Rudolf Bing, Austrian Musician

28

"If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs."

"If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs."

Zakk Wylde, American Musician

28

"I don't know whether I'm, like, jumping the gun but it's possible that in the future we may be able to use the information that we can't receive at the moment."

"I don't know whether I'm, like, jumping the gun but it's possible that in the future we may be able to use the information that we can't receive at the moment."

Sean Booth, English Musician

Future, Information, May

28

"I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me."

"I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me."

Steve Swallow, American Musician

Necessity, Style, Voice

28

"I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face."

"I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face."

Lauren Alaina, American Musician

Car, Hair, Windows

28

"No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn't know the words he's saying, but he knows where to fit them to make what he's thinking logical to what you're saying."

"No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn't know the words he's saying, but he knows where to fit them to make what he's thinking logical to what you're saying."

Ornette Coleman, American Musician

Conversation, Right, Saying, Talk

28

"I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!"

"I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!"

Van Morrison, British Musician

28

"The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right."

"The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right."

Scott Stapp, American Musician

Life, Music, Christian, Community

28

"I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space."

"I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space."

Deana Carter, American Musician

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