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Quotes by Musician

"Thought the sun is gone, I have a light."
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Kurt Cobain
"Thought the sun is gone, I have a light."
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"Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now."
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Elvis Presley
"Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now."
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"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."
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Sheena Easton
"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."
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"I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician."
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Dave Van Ronk
"I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician."
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"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."
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Sean Booth
"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."
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"I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards."
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Suzy Bogguss
"I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards."
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"Well I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice."
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Ringo Starr
"Well I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice."
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"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."
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Michael Jackson
"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."
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"Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control."
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Tracy Chapman
"Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control."
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"Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever."
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Michael Jackson
"Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever."
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"I signed on with Disney to star and choreograph an original film."
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Paula Abdul
"I signed on with Disney to star and choreograph an original film."
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"You define beauty for yourself, society doesn't define your beauty."
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Lady Gaga
"You define beauty for yourself, society doesn't define your beauty."
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"Sarcasm is a Manchester trait."
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Peter Hook
"Sarcasm is a Manchester trait."
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"I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is."
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Erykah Badu
"I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is."
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"Look to the past and remember no empire rises that sooner or later won't fall."
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Al Stewart
"Look to the past and remember no empire rises that sooner or later won't fall."
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"Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself."
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Toby Keith
"Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself."
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"The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong."
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Eugene Ormandy
"The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong."
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"I had this instinct and I just knew it. It was a very strange thing and as soon as I finished recording it, we were all in the studio saying we have something really special here."
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Deborah Cox
"I had this instinct and I just knew it. It was a very strange thing and as soon as I finished recording it, we were all in the studio saying we have something really special here."
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"My voice is stronger today than ever."
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Shania Twain
"My voice is stronger today than ever."
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"I maintain my sanity by keeping my distance."
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Luis Miguel
"I maintain my sanity by keeping my distance."
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"If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy."
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Clara Schumann
"If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy."
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"Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre."
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Pete Townshend
"Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre."
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"Yesterday's just a memory, tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be."
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Bob Dylan
"Yesterday's just a memory, tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be."
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"I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story."
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Elvis Presley
"I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story."
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"There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody."
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Robert Goulet
"There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody."
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"Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip."
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Jon Bon Jovi
"Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip."
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"I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must."
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Maria Callas
"I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must."
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"In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it."
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Shakira
"In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it."
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"Drinking bear is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion."
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Alice Cooper
"Drinking bear is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion."
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"You play your character and it isn't right to step out of it. You have to stay in that character."
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Robert Goulet
"You play your character and it isn't right to step out of it. You have to stay in that character."
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"As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in."
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Benny Goodman
"As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in."
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"Autumn is my favorite season."
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Johnny Kelly
"Autumn is my favorite season."
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"It's a play where something went wrong, 'Cause it's five hours, twelve minutes long. If you sit there, my friend, From beginning 'til end, Then your bladder better be strong!"
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Allan Sherman
"It's a play where something went wrong, 'Cause it's five hours, twelve minutes long. If you sit there, my friend, From beginning 'til end, Then your bladder better be strong!"
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"Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there for a long time. A lot of them moved over there, lived over there, and died over there."
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Sonny Rollins
"Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there for a long time. A lot of them moved over there, lived over there, and died over there."
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"I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961."
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Bernice Johnson Reagon
"I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961."
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"You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way."
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Lady Gaga
"You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way."
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"My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there."
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Brian Eno
"My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there."
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"I really want to fall in love."
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Enrique Iglesias
"I really want to fall in love."
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"After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll."
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Rick James
"After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll."
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"Ironically, that was quite a bit of the appeal of Rumours. It's equally interesting on a musical level and as a soap opera."
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Lindsey Buckingham
"Ironically, that was quite a bit of the appeal of Rumours. It's equally interesting on a musical level and as a soap opera."
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"When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him."
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Jackie DeShannon
"When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him."
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"I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that."
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Bobby Vinton
"I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that."
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"My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud."
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Henry Rollins
"My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud."
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"I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury."
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John Deacon
"I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury."
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"Rock'n'roll saved my soul."
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Thurston Moore
"Rock'n'roll saved my soul."
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"Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way."
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Chris Lowe
"Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way."
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"You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with bands until they have grown on people."
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Greg Ginn
"You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with bands until they have grown on people."
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"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that."
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Caroline Corr
"Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that."
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"I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country."
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Marian Anderson
"I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country."
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"There is no such thing as a wrong note."
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Art Tatum
"There is no such thing as a wrong note."
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