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"I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself."

"I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

People, Reinventing

207

"I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail."

"I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail."

Pras Michel, Haitian Musician

206

"I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing."

"I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

206

"It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix."

"It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

Marriage, Quick

203

"I think paranormal experiences are very personal, again, if they are that. Yes, sometimes I've felt that some things I would personally believe enough for me to take action on it... like, you know, I felt something happen in a hotel once that made me never stay there again."

"I think paranormal experiences are very personal, again, if they are that. Yes, sometimes I've felt that some things I would personally believe enough for me to take action on it... like, you know, I felt something happen in a hotel once that made me never stay there again."

Andrea Corr, Irish Musician

201

"I used to be able to do the Chinese splits, where you open your legs sideways."

"I used to be able to do the Chinese splits, where you open your legs sideways."

Kylie Minogue, Australian Musician

200

"I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer."

"I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

199

"We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened."

"We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

199

"You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas."

"You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Woman, Women, People, Famous

198

"Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like."

"Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Music, Romantic

198

"I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. It reminds me of when we were just starting out because we would open for other bands in the beginning."

"I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. It reminds me of when we were just starting out because we would open for other bands in the beginning."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

Beginning, Challenge, Open

197

"In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself."

"In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself."

Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese Musician

Music, Beginning

197

"Friends are very important to me, and I have always had many of them. There are probably many reasons why this is so, but two seem to me more valid than any of the others I am a naturally friendly person, and I hate to be alone."

"Friends are very important to me, and I have always had many of them. There are probably many reasons why this is so, but two seem to me more valid than any of the others I am a naturally friendly person, and I hate to be alone."

Georg Solti, Hungarian Musician

Friendship, Friends, Hate

196

"I'm just passionately in love with my kids."

"I'm just passionately in love with my kids."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

196

"It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get up and do things for us. We are trying as women to do things for ourselves."

"It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get up and do things for us. We are trying as women to do things for ourselves."

Miriam Makeba, South African Musician

Woman, Women, Work, Passion, President

195

"But I have returned to one hundred percent playing this year. I am fully back to playing full time."

"But I have returned to one hundred percent playing this year. I am fully back to playing full time."

Miroslav Vitous, Czechoslovakian Musician

195

"Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall."

"Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall."

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Musician

Progress, Day, Understanding

195

"Being so honest in my writing is cathartic."

"Being so honest in my writing is cathartic."

Brian Molko, Belgian Musician

194

"Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69."

"Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

194

"So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama."

"So everything that ever happened, we knew about in Panama."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

194

"This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well."

"This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

193

"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."

"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

193

"She liked me because she said that we both hated everything and knew that friendship was an act of desperation. She said that for a man I was alright. She said that people were half-way and if it was up to her a lot of people would get killed and a lot of men would be walking around without their balls. She said that they should go on sale for women to hang off their rearview mirrors."

"She liked me because she said that we both hated everything and knew that friendship was an act of desperation. She said that for a man I was alright. She said that people were half-way and if it was up to her a lot of people would get killed and a lot of men would be walking around without their balls. She said that they should go on sale for women to hang off their rearview mirrors."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Cynicism, Friendship, Desperation, Humor

193

"That's me, man - I'm a lover not a fighter."

"That's me, man - I'm a lover not a fighter."

Wayne Wonder, Jamaican Musician

191

"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."

"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."

Nusrat F. A. Khan, Pakistani Musician

191

"One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion."

"One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Dance, Dancing, Song, Tribute

191

"The world is in motion, as it seems."

"The world is in motion, as it seems."

Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician

190

"I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end."

"I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when you get caught up in the gas, and you're young, and there's so much helium going on around you, you can't decipher the real end."

Pras Michel, Haitian Musician

190

"It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law."

"It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

190

"When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings."

"When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings."

Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander Musician

Music, Home, Attention

189

"In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat."

"In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat."

Nusrat F. A. Khan, Pakistani Musician

189

"And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day."

"And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

189

"It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American."

"It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the radios in the U.S. cannot even put aside one hour a day just to play music that is not American."

Miriam Makeba, South African Musician

Life, Music, American, Day

188

"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."

"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."

Tom Jones, Welsh Musician

Business, Money, Music, Key

187

"US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan."

"US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan."

Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian Musician

Muslim, Want, Will, World

187

"Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen."

"Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Music, Emotions

187

"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."

"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."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

America, American, First

187

"I mean, if you turn on the radio, love is 90 percent of the music."

"I mean, if you turn on the radio, love is 90 percent of the music."

Enrique Iglesias, Spanish Musician

186

"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."

"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."

Georg Solti, Hungarian Musician

War, Life, First, World

186

"Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style."

"Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style."

Desmond Dekker, Jamaican Musician

People, Right, Style

186

"I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for."

"I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Change, Music, People, Sound

186

"I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar."

"I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar."

Vivian Campbell, Irish Musician

Guitar, Job, School

186

"I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right."

"I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right."

Pras Michel, Haitian Musician

186

"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."

"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."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

American, Cards, Fact

186

"I am affected by what is around. I don't think many people would admit that."

"I am affected by what is around. I don't think many people would admit that."

Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese Musician

185

"Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict."

"Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict."

Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian Musician

Conflict, Europe, Humanism, Ideals

185

"All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!"

"All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!"

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

185

"I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang."

"I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

Mother, Opera, Singing

185

"To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day."

"To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day."

Placido Domingo, Spanish Musician

184

"Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you don't want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it."

"Music is your own talent and is an important tool. Even if you don't want to be a role model, get ready to be in the public eye. Energy is there, you just have to use it."

Sean Paul, Jamaican Musician

Music, Talent, Energy, Eye

184

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