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"The Sun in London ran a front page declaring my bum a national treasure. I really did laugh at that. Its not like it can actually do anything, except wiggle."

"The Sun in London ran a front page declaring my bum a national treasure. I really did laugh at that. Its not like it can actually do anything, except wiggle."

Kylie Minogue, Australian Musician

London, Sun, Treasure

75

"Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better."

"Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better."

Laurie Anderson, American Musician

Paradise, Now, Right

75

"I'm too old to do things by half."

"I'm too old to do things by half."

Lou Reed, American Musician

75

"I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures."

"I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures."

Christina Aguilera, American Musician

75

"There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'."

"There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'."

Eminem, American Musician

Feelings, Feeling

75

"Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in the boats between the whales and the boats that will hunting the whales with spear guns."

"Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in the boats between the whales and the boats that will hunting the whales with spear guns."

Rick Danko, Canadian Musician

Boats, First, Hunting, Will

75

"I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer."

"I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer."

Lee Ryan, British Musician

75

"Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion."

"Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion."

Eminem, American Musician

75

"I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time."

"I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Time, Discipline, Lying

75

"My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will."

"My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will."

Ruben Studdard, American Musician

Father, Dad, Mother, People, Opinion

75

"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."

"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."

John Lennon, English Musician

Society, People, Being, Objectives

75

"I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear."

"I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

75

"I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations."

"I was unaware of the dispute in Brooklyn. I would never knowingly wear any clothes or support any company who produced clothing with alleged wage and labor violations."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Clothes, Company, Labor, Support

75

"Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived."

"Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

Children, Goodness, Smiles

75

"As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this."

"As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this."

Smokey Robinson, American Musician

Dream, Dreams, Life

75

"We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet."

"We remember Kurt for what he was: caring, generous and sweet."

Krist Novoselic, American Musician

75

"If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed."

"If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed."

Kanye West, American Musician

Life, People, Opportunity, Play

75

"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

75

"My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up."

"My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

75

"On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone."

"On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

Home, Love, People

75

"Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972."

"Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972."

Kurtis Blow, American Musician

75

"Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope."

"Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

Hope, Despair, Songs

75

"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

75

"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

75

"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

75

"I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad."

"I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad."

Glenn Frey, American Musician

75

"I don't like to be put in a box, let alone stay in it."

"I don't like to be put in a box, let alone stay in it."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Identity, Individuality, Box, Freedom

75

"When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire."

"When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire."

David Bowie, English Musician

75

"It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme."

"It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme."

Mike McCready, American Musician

75

"I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with."

"I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with."

Ringo Starr, English Musician

75

"When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis."

"When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Driving, Poor, School

75

"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

75

"Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures."

"Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures."

Eden Ahbez, American Musician

Earth, Heaven, Now

75

"I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now."

"I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now."

Martina McBride, American Musician

Difference, Longevity, Now

75

"I think we've come a long way since then. The big thing that changed was when ecstasy came along in Britain."

"I think we've come a long way since then. The big thing that changed was when ecstasy came along in Britain."

Neil Tennant, English Musician

75

"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."

"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

75

"I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it."

"I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it."

Jackson Browne, American Musician

75

"I'm a writer and this is what I love to do."

"I'm a writer and this is what I love to do."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

74

"It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style."

"It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style."

Joe Cocker, English Musician

74

"I have a very open line of communication with both my children."

"I have a very open line of communication with both my children."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

Children, Communication, Open

74

"The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness."

"The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

74

"For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument."

"For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument."

Andy Summers, English Musician

Guitar, Writing

74

"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

74

"Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being."

"Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being."

Michael Bolton, American Musician

Being, Inspiring

74

"Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am."

"Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am."

Tina Turner, American Musician

Strength, Woman

74

"Well, probably having to be away from home. When I come back I kind of feel like there's a routine going on that I'm not a part of, so that can be difficult."

"Well, probably having to be away from home. When I come back I kind of feel like there's a routine going on that I'm not a part of, so that can be difficult."

Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

74

"My lady, Deborah McNaughton is doing a documentary on me."

"My lady, Deborah McNaughton is doing a documentary on me."

Noel Redding, English Musician

74

"We spent most of our life almost like street rats just running around the street until we were ten years old."

"We spent most of our life almost like street rats just running around the street until we were ten years old."

Quincy Jones, American Musician

Life, Old, Running, Years

74

"I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did."

"I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, Mothers, Old, Opinions

74

"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

74

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