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"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

12

"I refuse to be held responsible for bringing back a wave of pasty-faced people into the world."

"I refuse to be held responsible for bringing back a wave of pasty-faced people into the world."

Brian Molko, Belgian Musician

12

"Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can't stop. It's easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life."

"Everybody kind of understands, Oh yeah you take drugs and it does something to your brain and then you can't stop. It's easier to describe that shame, that horrible feeling of not being able to control your own life."

Aimee Mann, American Musician

Life, Control, Being, Drugs

12

"I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear."

"I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear."

John Mayall, British Musician

Art, Play, School

12

"I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop."

"I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop."

Talib Kweli, American Musician

Power, People, Want

12

"People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words."

"People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words."

Brian Eno, British Musician

People, Meaning, Song, Songs

12

"Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs."

"Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs."

Peter Steele, American Musician

12

"There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway."

"There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

12

"We used to really feel like the band was our family."

"We used to really feel like the band was our family."

Chris Frantz, American Musician

12

"I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living."

"I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living."

Kid Rock, American Musician

12

"Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child."

"Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

Life, Truth, Children, First

12

"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

12

"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

12

"I think the Democratic Party has picked a lot of the wrong candidates, the kind that Middle America, or people who are more down the middle and more rational, can't side with. I think that's been the problem."

"I think the Democratic Party has picked a lot of the wrong candidates, the kind that Middle America, or people who are more down the middle and more rational, can't side with. I think that's been the problem."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

People, America, Party, Wrong

12

"Life takes its path and sometimes there are people to blame. Of course there are bad people in this world. Good, bad, it happens unfortunately. But in a way I think if there was more focus on the good, more good would happen."

"Life takes its path and sometimes there are people to blame. Of course there are bad people in this world. Good, bad, it happens unfortunately. But in a way I think if there was more focus on the good, more good would happen."

Andrea Corr, Irish Musician

Life, People, Blame, Focus

12

"It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life."

"It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Funny, Life, Love, People

12

"Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound."

"Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound."

Randy Bachman, Canadian Musician

12

"Good rock music always tends to be around."

"Good rock music always tends to be around."

Dave Davies, British Musician

12

"No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky."

"No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

12

"Everyone knows that if you've got a brother, you're going to fight."

"Everyone knows that if you've got a brother, you're going to fight."

Liam Gallagher, British Musician

12

"I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country."

"I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country."

Marian Anderson, American Musician

People, Belief, Country, Future

12

"My mom was definitely very strict with me."

"My mom was definitely very strict with me."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

12

"I think people in general have neglected to learn about history."

"I think people in general have neglected to learn about history."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

History, People

12

"Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance."

"Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

Anger, Folly, Repentance

12

"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

12

"It's not like that anymore really, but back in the day, nobody would let the Misfits open up for them, not the Ramones, not the Cramps, nobody."

"It's not like that anymore really, but back in the day, nobody would let the Misfits open up for them, not the Ramones, not the Cramps, nobody."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

12

"There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir."

"There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

12

"Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great."

"Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great."

Cher, American Musician

Possibility, Being

12

"I don't believe in being mean to anyone. I'm a really peaceful person. That's something I get from my family."

"I don't believe in being mean to anyone. I'm a really peaceful person. That's something I get from my family."

Nick Carter, American Musician

12

"Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control."

"Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control."

Freddy Fender, American Musician

Control, Argument, Birth control, Prejudice

12

"You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven."

"You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

12

"We were fortunate to be there a day or two before "the big bang" and then we got the heck out of town."

"We were fortunate to be there a day or two before "the big bang" and then we got the heck out of town."

Scotty Moore, American Musician

12

"I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway."

"I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway."

Robert Smith, English Musician

Cure, First, Worry

12

"Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform is, the more people will pay attention."

"Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform is, the more people will pay attention."

Larry Norman, American Musician

People, Attention, Will

12

"I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor."

"I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor."

Kurt Masur, German Musician

12

"Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer."

"Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer."

Bobby Vinton, American Musician

11

"I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws."

"I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Self-Acceptance, Failure, Flaws

11

"How many gangsters you know, from Al Capone up to John Gotti, been gay?"

"How many gangsters you know, from Al Capone up to John Gotti, been gay?"

Method Man, American Musician

11

"You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it."

"You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it."

Smokey Robinson, American Musician

11

"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

11

"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great."

"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great."

Ray Charles, American Musician

11

"All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band."

"All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band."

Adam Jones, American Musician

11

"I stopped caring so much about what people might think if I sung about love and humanity."

"I stopped caring so much about what people might think if I sung about love and humanity."

Wayne Coyne, American Musician

Love, People, Caring, Humanity

11

"I don't think we should ever be at war. That's kind of naive, I suppose."

"I don't think we should ever be at war. That's kind of naive, I suppose."

Sandy Duncan, American Musician

11

"I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out."

"I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

Fire, First, Woman

11

"I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny."

"I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny."

Jonathan Davis, American Musician

Funny, Reading, Tongue, Wrong

11

"There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are."

"There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

Past, Profession

11

"I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in ming that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those who follow."

"I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in ming that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those who follow."

Marian Anderson, American Musician

Nature, Impression, Mission, Will

11

"People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try."

"People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try."

Kanye West, American Musician

11

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