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Quotes by Musician

"Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet."

"Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet."

Roger Miller, American Musician

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"Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

"Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

Tom Lehrer, American Musician

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"The piano has been drinking, not me."

"The piano has been drinking, not me."

Tom Waits, American Musician

Drink, Drinking

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"I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me."

"I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

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"I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer."

"I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer."

Michael Bolton, American Musician

Influence, Mentors

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"I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack."

"I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack."

Carly Simon, American Musician

Fear, Anxiety, Being

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"I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer."

"I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer."

Eugene Ormandy, American Musician

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"Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God."

"Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God."

Lionel Hampton, American Musician

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"Kinda when I stopped eating was on our second album, just as it felt like everything was so out of control."

"Kinda when I stopped eating was on our second album, just as it felt like everything was so out of control."

Daniel Johns, Australian Musician

Control, Eating

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"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art."

"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art."

Charlie Parker, American Musician

Art, Music, Experience, Wisdom

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"It is something we have always excelled at and prided ourselves at - the excellences of our stage performance."

"It is something we have always excelled at and prided ourselves at - the excellences of our stage performance."

James Young, American Musician

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"I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

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"You can be great only if it is your destiny."

"You can be great only if it is your destiny."

Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician

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"The best way to express rhythm is music."

"The best way to express rhythm is music."

John Hartford, American Musician

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"I'd rather have happiness than money. People ask for it. Sometimes when I don't have it. I make other people's problems my problem because they want me to; they ask me to."

"I'd rather have happiness than money. People ask for it. Sometimes when I don't have it. I make other people's problems my problem because they want me to; they ask me to."

Brenda Fassie, South African Musician

Happiness, Money, People, Problems

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"So I all knew was you lost your limbs and you died from it. I was scared silly."

"So I all knew was you lost your limbs and you died from it. I was scared silly."

Della Reese, American Musician

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"I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So for me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water."

"I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So for me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water."

Victoria Beckham, English Musician

Positive, America, Spiritual, Visualization

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"The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals."

"The whole universe is based on rhythms. Everything happens in circles, in spirals."

John Hartford, American Musician

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"My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that."

"My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that."

Etta James, American Musician

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"In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of."

"In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Influence, Opinion

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"I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man."

"I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

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"Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts."

"Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts."

Billy Joel, American Musician

Musicians, Quiet, Voice, Want

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"They always come back when they learn that not every woman's gonna treat them this good."

"They always come back when they learn that not every woman's gonna treat them this good."

Angie Stone, American Musician

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"We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs."

"We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs."

Edgar Winter, American Musician

Brother, Brothers, Old, Songs, Years

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"Art is the signature of civilizations."

"Art is the signature of civilizations."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

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"One thing I love to do is produce. I've produced a couple of bands. I mean, nothing ever really happened with 'em, but I enjoy getting a young band into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease."

"One thing I love to do is produce. I've produced a couple of bands. I mean, nothing ever really happened with 'em, but I enjoy getting a young band into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease."

Ace Frehley, American Musician

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"I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up."

"I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up."

Jackson Browne, American Musician

Love, Music, Lie, Books

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"Talk about a dream, try to make it real."

"Talk about a dream, try to make it real."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

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"Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them."

"Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

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"Mum, who had been a dancer with a small ballet company before she got married, was full of encouragement. She didn't say, 'This is really good, you should do this', She just encouraged us to do whatever we liked."

"Mum, who had been a dancer with a small ballet company before she got married, was full of encouragement. She didn't say, 'This is really good, you should do this', She just encouraged us to do whatever we liked."

Dannii Minogue, Australian Musician

Ballet, Company, Encouragement

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"The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation."

"The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation."

Jan Garbarek, Norwegian Musician

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"It started when I woke up, all I wanted to do is jump out of the window. I didn't want to eat anymore, because I was afraid that I might poison myself somehow."

"It started when I woke up, all I wanted to do is jump out of the window. I didn't want to eat anymore, because I was afraid that I might poison myself somehow."

Jonathan Davis, American Musician

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"I do everything all wrong, but I think for me that's the best, because I don't think I have a voice."

"I do everything all wrong, but I think for me that's the best, because I don't think I have a voice."

Julie London, American Musician

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"There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's."

"There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's."

Peter Hook, English Musician

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"Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer."

"Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer."

Brian May, English Musician

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"I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange."

"I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange."

Dizzy Gillespie, American Musician

Ideas, Example, Force

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"In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful."

"In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful."

Don McLean, American Musician

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"Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound."

"Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound."

Beth Gibbons, English Musician

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"I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken."

"I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken."

Lucinda Williams, American Musician

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"Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea."

"Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

Idea, African, Ancestry

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"I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure."

"I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure."

Joan Jett, American Musician

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"I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear."

"I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear."

John Mayall, British Musician

Art, Play, School

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"Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races."

"Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

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"I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer. I thought about deviating from that and singing other things. But... it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not."

"I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer. I thought about deviating from that and singing other things. But... it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not."

Carrie Underwood, American Musician

Music, Thought, People, Being

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"Do not be afraid to be you. Because that is your greatest gift."

"Do not be afraid to be you. Because that is your greatest gift."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Self-Worth, Authenticity, Gift, Identity

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"I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five."

"I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five."

Mick Jagger, English Musician

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"I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything."

"I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything."

Thurston Moore, American Musician

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"At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special."

"At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

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"I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around."

"I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

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"I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play."

"I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

People, Play, Reason

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