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"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

13

"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

13

"Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what?"

"Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what?"

David Sanborn, American Musician

13

"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

13

"If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better."

"If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better."

Paula Cole, American Musician

Music, Life, Answers, Meaning

13

"But it's funny that now I'm in such a happy situation, I look more objectively at my own past and see what others have seen for a long time and I'm just so glad I've been able to get to this point."

"But it's funny that now I'm in such a happy situation, I look more objectively at my own past and see what others have seen for a long time and I'm just so glad I've been able to get to this point."

Rick Allen, American Musician

Funny, Time, Now, Past

13

"I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio."

"I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio."

Rita Coolidge, American Musician

13

"When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be."

"When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be."

Cyndi Lauper, American Musician

13

"I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed."

"I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed."

Brownie McGhee, American Musician

13

"When I was singing, everybody liked me."

"When I was singing, everybody liked me."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

13

"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

13

"I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare."

"I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare."

Lisa Marie Presley, American Musician

Marriage, Now, Right

13

"If you love god, burn a church."

"If you love god, burn a church."

Jello Biafra, American Musician

Love, God, Church

13

"I'll go my way by myself, love is only a dance."

"I'll go my way by myself, love is only a dance."

Howard Dietz, American Musician

12

"Can you blame them? We have to filter so much information these days. But it does make it difficult for an artist. I'm 46 years old now. I've had a lot of life experience and my voice has changed. People who expect the same old me are bound to be disappointed."

"Can you blame them? We have to filter so much information these days. But it does make it difficult for an artist. I'm 46 years old now. I've had a lot of life experience and my voice has changed. People who expect the same old me are bound to be disappointed."

Kathy Mattea, American Musician

Experience, Life, People, Artist

12

"The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time."

"The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time."

David Bowie, English Musician

Time, Truth, Journey

12

"I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown."

"I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown."

Andy Gibb, Australian Musician

12

"I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing."

"I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing."

Ozzy Osbourne, English Musician

12

"I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring."

"I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring."

David Bowie, English Musician

12

"I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music."

"I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

Music, Time, Play

12

"My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in."

"My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

Mom, Time, Play, Theory

12

"A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man."

"A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man."

Isaac Stern, Russian Musician

Talent, Genius, Man

12

"We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us."

"We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us."

Jerry Garcia, American Musician

Business, Music, Success, Past

12

"If you want to save a species, simply decide to eat it. Then it will be managed - like chickens, like turkeys, like deer, like Canadian geese."

"If you want to save a species, simply decide to eat it. Then it will be managed - like chickens, like turkeys, like deer, like Canadian geese."

Ted Nugent, American Musician

Geese, Turkeys, Want, Will

12

"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

12

"I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively."

"I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively."

Paula Cole, American Musician

12

"Lady Gaga is my name. If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don't really know me at all."

"Lady Gaga is my name. If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don't really know me at all."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

12

"If it has more than three chords, it's jazz."

"If it has more than three chords, it's jazz."

Lou Reed, American Musician

12

"If I had a rocket launcher, some son of a bitch would die."

"If I had a rocket launcher, some son of a bitch would die."

Bruce Cockburn, Canadian Musician

12

"I don't know to what extent someone can BECOME an artist - you either are or you aren't - and if you are you'll HAVE to make your way to some kind of sickly light, no matter how terrible the soil you were seeded in your nature will out somehow."

"I don't know to what extent someone can BECOME an artist - you either are or you aren't - and if you are you'll HAVE to make your way to some kind of sickly light, no matter how terrible the soil you were seeded in your nature will out somehow."

David Knopfler, British Musician

Nature, Artist, Light, Will

12

"I always wanted to be a singer, it's what I wanted to do since I was little. I'm doing it now and I couldn't be happier."

"I always wanted to be a singer, it's what I wanted to do since I was little. I'm doing it now and I couldn't be happier."

Britney Spears, American Musician

12

"One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing."

"One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

12

"If I ever did cross over I would like to do it tactfully. I don't want to offend anyone in country. Can you have the best of both worlds? I sure like the idea of it!"

"If I ever did cross over I would like to do it tactfully. I don't want to offend anyone in country. Can you have the best of both worlds? I sure like the idea of it!"

Bryan White, American Musician

Idea, Country, Want

12

"After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?"

"After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?"

Tom Araya, American Musician

12

"If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket."

"If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket."

Mickey Gilley, American Musician

12

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

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

Nelly Furtado, Canadian Musician

12

"In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair."

"In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair."

Andy Gibb, Australian Musician

12

"I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me."

"I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me."

Billy Joel, American Musician

Criticism, Praise

12

"And if you dont believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light."

"And if you dont believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light."

Chris Cornell, American Musician

Light, Night, Sun, Will

12

"I couldn't live without my music, man. Or me mum."

"I couldn't live without my music, man. Or me mum."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

12

"I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman."

"I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman."

Vince Gill, American Musician

12

"I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever."

"I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever."

Sean Lennon, American Musician

Film, Future, Now, Years

12

"People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business."

"People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business."

Dave Mason, British Musician

Business, People, Nothing

12

"The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar."

"The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Love, Time, Sacrifice, Guitar

12

"I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album."

"I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

Work, Body, Journey, Songs

12

"Talk about a dream, try to make it real."

"Talk about a dream, try to make it real."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

12

"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

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