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Quotes by Musician

"Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now."

"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."

"I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician."
Jazz,

"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."

"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."

"Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control."

"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."

"I signed on with Disney to star and choreograph an original film."

"You define beauty for yourself, society doesn't define your beauty."

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

"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."

"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."

"I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story."

"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."

"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!"


"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."

"Ironically, that was quite a bit of the appeal of Rumours. It's equally interesting on a musical level and as a soap opera."

"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."

"I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury."
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