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Quotes by Musician

"Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it."
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Joan Armatrading
"Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it."
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"Yes, it must be something that goes very well with my voice, let's say something that I understand that this would be good communication with the others, and I don't pretend for instance, to look for music that would be something that doesn't go with my personality."
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Victoria de los Angeles
"Yes, it must be something that goes very well with my voice, let's say something that I understand that this would be good communication with the others, and I don't pretend for instance, to look for music that would be something that doesn't go with my personality."
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"I am itching like hell to play America because I know that if I did the show over there, they would love it."
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Bonnie Tyler
"I am itching like hell to play America because I know that if I did the show over there, they would love it."
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"I don't like the American media - particularly Fox."
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Neil Young
"I don't like the American media - particularly Fox."
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"Love Comes Quickly is our favourite record ever, and it did really badly."
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Chris Lowe
"Love Comes Quickly is our favourite record ever, and it did really badly."
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"Gossip is the Devil's radio."
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George Harrison
"Gossip is the Devil's radio."
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"It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here."
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Ruben Blades
"It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here."
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"I would like to teach music. It's weird the way they teach music in schools like Julliard these days."
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Bjork
"I would like to teach music. It's weird the way they teach music in schools like Julliard these days."
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"Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways."
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Lara St. John
"Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways."
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"We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened."
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Ruben Blades
"We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened."
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"The roots of Cuban music are in my head."
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Compay Segundo
"The roots of Cuban music are in my head."
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"To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day."
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Placido Domingo
"To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day."
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"Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do."
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
"Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do."
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"I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life."
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Compay Segundo
"I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life."
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"But I have returned to one hundred percent playing this year. I am fully back to playing full time."
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Miroslav Vitous
"But I have returned to one hundred percent playing this year. I am fully back to playing full time."
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"Having a baby is one of the most wonderful things in your life, as well as the hardest thing in your life."
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Nuno Bettencourt
"Having a baby is one of the most wonderful things in your life, as well as the hardest thing in your life."
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"I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America."
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Ruben Blades
"I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America."
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"People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being."
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Ruben Blades
"People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being."
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"It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company."
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Bruce Springsteen
"It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company."
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"Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music."
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Compay Segundo
"Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music."
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"The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing."
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Jan Hammer
"The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing."
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"When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!"
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Agnetha Faltskog
"When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!"
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"During the first six years of my life, Hungary was one of the most important components of the Habsburg dynasty's vast Austro-Hungarian Empire, but after World War I it became an independent national entity."
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Georg Solti
"During the first six years of my life, Hungary was one of the most important components of the Habsburg dynasty's vast Austro-Hungarian Empire, but after World War I it became an independent national entity."
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"I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity."
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Michael Jackson
"I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity."
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"I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys."
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Bob Seger
"I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys."
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"It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home."
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Emanuel Ax
"It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home."
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"Be yourself, take control of your life."
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Emma Bunton
"Be yourself, take control of your life."
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"I'm just passionately in love with my kids."
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Sheena Easton
"I'm just passionately in love with my kids."
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"I love being a freak. It's great!"
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Brian Molko
"I love being a freak. It's great!"
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"I'm Colombian and nothing will change that."
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Shakira
"I'm Colombian and nothing will change that."
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"Music will save the world."
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Pablo Casals
"Music will save the world."
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"The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment."
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Ivor Novello
"The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment."
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"It's a non-stop invention, this game of life, and as soon as you think you've got it, you lose it."
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Tim Finn
"It's a non-stop invention, this game of life, and as soon as you think you've got it, you lose it."
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"As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving."
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Tom Jones
"As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving."
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"Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead."
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Bjork
"Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead."
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"I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar."
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Vivian Campbell
"I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar."
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"It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law."
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Ruben Blades
"It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law."
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"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may be for us and it may not."
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Della Reese
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may be for us and it may not."
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"When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time."
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Joan Armatrading
"When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time."
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"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."
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Frank Zappa
"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."
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"If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it."
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John Cale
"If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it."
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"I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith."
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Peter Garrett
"I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith."
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"Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and drums and guitar- we didn't make any records but we played a lot of different clubs in New York."
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Ikue Mori
"Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and drums and guitar- we didn't make any records but we played a lot of different clubs in New York."
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"Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together."
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Jon Secada
"Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together."
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"I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't seek it, it's always with you."
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Bonnie Tyler
"I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't seek it, it's always with you."
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"When you here a conjunto and you hear another conjunto, you think it's like a continuation of the first. It's all the same, same, same. There's no variety, just the same music."
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Compay Segundo
"When you here a conjunto and you hear another conjunto, you think it's like a continuation of the first. It's all the same, same, same. There's no variety, just the same music."
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"Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold."
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Dannii Minogue
"Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold."
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"Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart."
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Andres Segovia
"Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart."
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"Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69."
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Ruben Blades
"Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69."
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"As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people."
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Nuno Bettencourt
"As opposed to touring for three years and then going into the studio and writing an album, I think this record is representative of a lot of everyday people."
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