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"I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get."

"I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get."

Buddy Rich, American Musician

27

"Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you."

"Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you."

Mariah Carey, American Musician

Fans, Forget, Hair, Want

27

"I've learned the lesson that when you're in the middle of something that seems overwhelming, or you're in a bad situation and it seems like it's the end of the world or whatever, then you learn that it's not."

"I've learned the lesson that when you're in the middle of something that seems overwhelming, or you're in a bad situation and it seems like it's the end of the world or whatever, then you learn that it's not."

Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

27

"I am busy touring all over Europe, Japan, and Australia."

"I am busy touring all over Europe, Japan, and Australia."

Suzi Quatro, American Musician

27

"I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned."

"I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

27

"I'm a big follower and reactor to weather."

"I'm a big follower and reactor to weather."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

27

"Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!"

"Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!"

Buddy Guy, American Musician

Money, HusbPeople, Poor, Singing

27

"I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy."

"I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can get a laugh that way, it's too easy."

Jim Dale, British Musician

27

"If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are."

"If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

27

"Those days if you drove cross country and you broke down on the side of the road, and the sign says 200 miles to the next gas station, you knew you were so screwed."

"Those days if you drove cross country and you broke down on the side of the road, and the sign says 200 miles to the next gas station, you knew you were so screwed."

Rob Zombie, American Musician

27

"The Internet's kinda in danger of getting heart disease pretty soon, I think. Arteries are getting clogged."

"The Internet's kinda in danger of getting heart disease pretty soon, I think. Arteries are getting clogged."

Sean Booth, English Musician

Heart, Danger, Disease, Internet

27

"What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that."

"What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Work, Society, Talent, Being

27

"A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!"

"A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!"

Oscar Hammerstein II, American Musician

Love, Heart, Song

27

"I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this."

"I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

People, Driving

27

"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

27

"Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right."

"Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right."

Cher, American Musician

People, Hate, Right, World

27

"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

27

"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

27

"I love to go on stage and sing."

"I love to go on stage and sing."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

27

"But I'm able to just keep going, and that's the challenge. It's the next song. And then just enjoying the shows and people who come out to the shows. It's pretty organic, really."

"But I'm able to just keep going, and that's the challenge. It's the next song. And then just enjoying the shows and people who come out to the shows. It's pretty organic, really."

Steve Forbert, American Musician

People, Challenge, Pretty, Song

27

"I'll sleep when I'm dead."

"I'll sleep when I'm dead."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

27

"To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry."

"To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry."

John Tesh, American Musician

27

"Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did."

"Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Self, Discipline, Reflection, Responsibility, Learning

27

"Drugs are a bet with your mind."

"Drugs are a bet with your mind."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

27

"In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent."

"In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

27

"We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love."

"We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

Love, Idea, Reason

27

"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

27

"I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming."

"I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming."

Courtney Love, American Musician

Guitar, Want, World

27

"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

27

"Music inflames temperament."

"Music inflames temperament."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

Music, Temperament

27

"And sometimes to help them we have got to help ourselves."

"And sometimes to help them we have got to help ourselves."

Stevie Ray Vaughan, American Musician

26

"Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity."

"Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity."

George Thorogood, American Musician

26

"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

26

"Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year."

"Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year."

Victor Borge, American Musician

People, Idea, Right, Santa claus

26

"I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was."

"I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was."

James Brown, American Musician

26

"You can say battle or war or whatever, but in the end, it's music. It's not really violent in intent at all, it's really just about expression and celebrating that in itself."

"You can say battle or war or whatever, but in the end, it's music. It's not really violent in intent at all, it's really just about expression and celebrating that in itself."

Eric San, Canadian Musician

War, Music, Battle, End

26

"I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan."

"I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

26

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

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

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

26

"My future is righteousness."

"My future is righteousness."

Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician

Future, Righteousness

26

"I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me."

"I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me."

Kurt Cobain, American Musician

Childhood, Divorce

26

"If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you."

"If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you."

James Taylor, American Musician

26

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one."

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

26

"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

26

"You've got to be taught to hate and fear."

"You've got to be taught to hate and fear."

Oscar Hammerstein II, American Musician

26

"The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody identified with the songs because they were descriptions of life in the city."

"The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody identified with the songs because they were descriptions of life in the city."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

Life, Mother, Songs

26

"As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me."

"As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me."

Carly Simon, American Musician

26

"Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence."

"Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

Evil, Infatuation, Violence

26

"You have to choose whether to love yourself or not."

"You have to choose whether to love yourself or not."

James Taylor, American Musician

26

"You have to remember, I didn't want this life."

"You have to remember, I didn't want this life."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

26

"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

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