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"To remain relevant though, I think making great records is the key."

"To remain relevant though, I think making great records is the key."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

74

"I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album."

"I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album."

Bruce Cockburn, Canadian Musician

Body, First, Songs, Writing

74

"If I'm free, it's because I'm always running."

"If I'm free, it's because I'm always running."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

74

"In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps."

"In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps."

Sammy Hagar, American Musician

Soul, Heart, Ballads, Moments

74

"There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A."

"There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A."

Deana Carter, American Musician

Freedom, Living

74

"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

74

"The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong."

"The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong."

Eugene Ormandy, American Musician

74

"That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice."

"That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

Football, Night, Practice, School

74

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

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

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

74

"I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?"

"I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?"

Lucinda Williams, American Musician

Focus, Loss, Songs, Tragedy

74

"Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her."

"Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

74

"Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame."

"Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame."

Roger McGuinn, American Musician

74

"I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays close attention to what I'm doing because he cares."

"I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays close attention to what I'm doing because he cares."

Benny Green, British Musician

Attention, Communication, Question

74

"I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole. If only you'd come back to me. To feel you at my side, wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied."

"I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole. If only you'd come back to me. To feel you at my side, wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied."

Jeff Buckley, American Musician

Bed, Body, Hair, Harm

74

"You know what, life is full of temptations."

"You know what, life is full of temptations."

Smokey Robinson, American Musician

Life, Temptations

74

"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

74

"Bobby Troup and I have been working together for about a year in clubs. We work in the same club."

"Bobby Troup and I have been working together for about a year in clubs. We work in the same club."

Julie London, American Musician

74

"It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest."

"It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

Focus, Interest

74

"I wish my hair was thicker, and I wish my feet were prettier. My toes are really ugly. I wish my ears were smaller. And my nose could be smaller too."

"I wish my hair was thicker, and I wish my feet were prettier. My toes are really ugly. I wish my ears were smaller. And my nose could be smaller too."

Britney Spears, American Musician

Feet, Hair, Ugly

74

"I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs."

"I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Music, Song, Songs, Water

74

"Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things."

"Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things."

Stevie Wonder, American Musician

74

"It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from."

"It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from."

Natalie Imbruglia, Australian Musician

74

"The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank."

"The value of having a computer, to me, is that it'll remember everything you do. It's a databank."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

Computer, Value

74

"I don't know what my path is yet. I'm just walking on it."

"I don't know what my path is yet. I'm just walking on it."

Olivia Newton-John, Australian Musician

74

"The idea to do the album only on keyboards kind of happened by accident. I was quite happy with the sound and felt it really didn't need more instruments, so I didn't use them."

"The idea to do the album only on keyboards kind of happened by accident. I was quite happy with the sound and felt it really didn't need more instruments, so I didn't use them."

Gary Wright, American Musician

Idea, Accident, Sound

73

"I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years."

"I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years."

Tina Turner, American Musician

Buddhist, Years

73

"It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character."

"It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character."

Dale Turner, American Musician

Mistake, Character, Error, Errors

73

"I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African."

"I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African."

Joanna Newsom, American Musician

African, Sound, Trying

73

"With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard."

"With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard."

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Musician

American, Orchestras, Play

73

"The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body."

"The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body."

Stan Getz, American Musician

Body, Challenge

73

"Some artists want a producer to be a kind of svengali - someone who actually creates a sound for them."

"Some artists want a producer to be a kind of svengali - someone who actually creates a sound for them."

Jerry Harrison, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Sound, Want

73

"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

73

"I was pretty much prepared because I was already playing in extremely good ways when I arrived from Europe because I played jazz four or five years before I arrived here."

"I was pretty much prepared because I was already playing in extremely good ways when I arrived from Europe because I played jazz four or five years before I arrived here."

Miroslav Vitous, Czechoslovakian Musician

Europe, Jazz, Pretty, Years

73

"For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese or roast beef, which you will enjoy much more."

"For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese or roast beef, which you will enjoy much more."

Steve Albini, American Musician

73

"I believe I am the highest power, absolutely."

"I believe I am the highest power, absolutely."

GG Allin, American Musician

73

"So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?"

"So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?"

Christina Aguilera, American Musician

73

"I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists."

"I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Sculpture

73

"By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family."

"By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family."

Lawrence Welk, American Musician

Family, Music, Business, People

73

"A mate of mine said recently said a lot of stuff sounds like you're listening to it outside, but also like you're surrounded by it, and I think that's quite similar."

"A mate of mine said recently said a lot of stuff sounds like you're listening to it outside, but also like you're surrounded by it, and I think that's quite similar."

Sean Booth, English Musician

73

"I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage."

"I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage."

Stephanie Mills, American Musician

Love, Marriage, Work, Right

73

"But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?"

"But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?"

James Thomson, Scottish Musician

Imagination, Nature, Creation, Gay

73

"If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today."

"If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today."

Wayne Newton, American Musician

73

"We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear ."

"We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear ."

Freddie Mercury, British Musician

73

"Art is the signature of civilizations."

"Art is the signature of civilizations."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

73

"If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth."

"If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth."

Daisy Berkowitz, American Musician

Guitar, Sound, Will

73

"I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it."

"I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it."

Lucinda Williams, American Musician

73

"Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them."

"Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

73

"I don't really care about, Oh I really have to sell these things."

"I don't really care about, Oh I really have to sell these things."

Thurston Moore, American Musician

73

"I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must."

"I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must."

Maria Callas, American Musician

Enemy, Enemies, Will

73

"My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians."

"My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

Brother, Musicians

73

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