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"Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder."

"Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder."

Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician

Mountains, Snow, Years

72

"I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone."

"I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone."

Taylor Dayne, American Musician

72

"A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!"

"A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!"

Sun Ra, American Musician

72

"If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become."

"If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become."

Sammy Hagar, American Musician

72

"Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down."

"Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

Dew, Earth, Flowers, Nothing

72

"I don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each."

"I don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each."

Les Baxter, American Musician

Musicians, Sound

72

"Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity."

"Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Nature, Observation, Power, Life

72

"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

72

"Accomplishments have no color."

"Accomplishments have no color."

Leontyne Price, American Musician

Accomplishment, Accomplishments

72

"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

72

"The difference between reality and unreality is that reality has so little to recommend it."

"The difference between reality and unreality is that reality has so little to recommend it."

Allan Sherman, American Musician

Difference, Reality

72

"There is no such thing as a wrong note."

"There is no such thing as a wrong note."

Art Tatum, American Musician

72

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

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

Warren Zevon, American Musician

72

"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

72

"I want to be an artist that everyone can relate to, that's young, happy and fun."

"I want to be an artist that everyone can relate to, that's young, happy and fun."

Britney Spears, American Musician

Artist, Fun, Want

72

"We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children."

"We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

Accident, Accidents, Children, Country

72

"Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways."

"Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways."

Mac Davis, American Musician

72

"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

"My mother is a singer, still performs today; she's a jazz singer."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Mother, Jazz, Today

72

"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

72

"Basically, the reason I'm vegan is because when I was about 16 or 17 years old, I began to understand that we don't need to contribute to the killing and exploitation of animals to feed our bodies correctly."

"Basically, the reason I'm vegan is because when I was about 16 or 17 years old, I began to understand that we don't need to contribute to the killing and exploitation of animals to feed our bodies correctly."

Daniel Johns, Australian Musician

Animals, Exploitation, Killing, Old

72

"I have been playing a lot of keyboards, especially in the last five or six years. I suppose it gives you more scope than the guitar, although it does tend to make you write a different way."

"I have been playing a lot of keyboards, especially in the last five or six years. I suppose it gives you more scope than the guitar, although it does tend to make you write a different way."

Mick Ralphs, English Musician

72

"I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in a fire. He was in the sauna in a house that burned down, so he had no idea anything was going on. It was very sad."

"I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in a fire. He was in the sauna in a house that burned down, so he had no idea anything was going on. It was very sad."

Jackson Browne, American Musician

Idea, Friend, Fire, Song

71

"The band would play on the night off for the local hotel bands and we'd back all the different acts. So I'd been advised by good friends of mine to come back to Hawaii. Oh, I loved Honolulu, playing at a place right on the beach at Waikiki!"

"The band would play on the night off for the local hotel bands and we'd back all the different acts. So I'd been advised by good friends of mine to come back to Hawaii. Oh, I loved Honolulu, playing at a place right on the beach at Waikiki!"

Martin Denny, American Musician

Beach, Friends, Night, Play

71

"Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding."

"Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding."

Gloria Estefan, American Musician

71

"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

71

"I like to play golf. I like to shoot hoops."

"I like to play golf. I like to shoot hoops."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

71

"If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If it's marketed right, you'll buy it. But... if it's real, you'll feel it."

"If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If it's marketed right, you'll buy it. But... if it's real, you'll feel it."

Kid Rock, American Musician

71

"It's big production. It's huge. It's using studio technology to your benefit. You don't go in and play live and then just take the tapes and get them mastered. You have to create."

"It's big production. It's huge. It's using studio technology to your benefit. You don't go in and play live and then just take the tapes and get them mastered. You have to create."

Joe Elliott, English Musician

Technology, Play, Production

71

"I kill myself for my body."

"I kill myself for my body."

Cher, American Musician

71

"I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to."

"I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to."

Norah Jones, American Musician

Forget, Reading

71

"When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden."

"When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden."

Carlos Santana, Mexican Musician

Baby, Garden, Lilies, Spiritual

71

"The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing."

"The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing."

James Brown, American Musician

Dance, Dancing, Problems

71

"I quit the tax job then and decided that I was going to play in a band. I answered ads in the Village Voice and went through two days of auditioning for bands."

"I quit the tax job then and decided that I was going to play in a band. I answered ads in the Village Voice and went through two days of auditioning for bands."

Robert Quine, American Musician

Tax, Job, Play, Voice

71

"Production is something I've never come to terms with."

"Production is something I've never come to terms with."

Robyn Hitchcock, English Musician

71

"Cool things happen. Ace's guitar flies through space, goes through a hole, and blows up. I throw drumsticks and they come flying at you."

"Cool things happen. Ace's guitar flies through space, goes through a hole, and blows up. I throw drumsticks and they come flying at you."

Peter Criss, American Musician

Flies, Flying, Guitar, Space

71

"I've got a computer, but I won't go near it."

"I've got a computer, but I won't go near it."

Jo Stafford, American Musician

71

"Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left."

"Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left."

Johnny Rotten, English Musician

71

"It's easy to get four days a week of training in and I don't spend more than 55-60 minutes in the gym."

"It's easy to get four days a week of training in and I don't spend more than 55-60 minutes in the gym."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

71

"I get pretty terrified, to be honest, when I'm on tour. You really have to muster a lot of ego to go our there, which I find rather draining."

"I get pretty terrified, to be honest, when I'm on tour. You really have to muster a lot of ego to go our there, which I find rather draining."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

71

"We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public."

"We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public."

Bryan White, American Musician

71

"We can all put weight on or lose weight."

"We can all put weight on or lose weight."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

71

"Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities."

"Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

Muslim, Revenge, Violence

71

"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

71

"I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out."

"I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

71

"I just wish I could understand my father."

"I just wish I could understand my father."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

71

"A problem is your chance to do your best."

"A problem is your chance to do your best."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

71

"I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit."

"I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit."

Eminem, American Musician

First, Freedom, Speech

71

"Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!"

"Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!"

Ozzy Osbourne, English Musician

Life, Abuse, Alcohol, Body

71

"We don't care about our audiences that much. We just go out and play."

"We don't care about our audiences that much. We just go out and play."

Santiago Durango, American Musician

Audience, Audiences, Care, Play

71

"Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band."

"Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band."

Bruce Dickinson, English Musician

71

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