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"We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Flea's garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians."

"We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Flea's garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians."

Chad Smith, American Musician

Jazz, Musicians, Pretty, Songs

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"You know, Glen Campbell sang with the group right before I joined the group."

"You know, Glen Campbell sang with the group right before I joined the group."

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

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"But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation."

"But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation."

Kate Bush, British Musician

Trust, Dress, Living, Reputation

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"I don't like to be put in a box, let alone stay in it."

"I don't like to be put in a box, let alone stay in it."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Identity, Individuality, Box, Freedom

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"People that complete other people's vision are understated."

"People that complete other people's vision are understated."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

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"We are better than anyone, ain't we? Except for the Eagles, the Eagles are better than us."

"We are better than anyone, ain't we? Except for the Eagles, the Eagles are better than us."

Sid Vicious, English Musician

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"You know what, life is full of temptations."

"You know what, life is full of temptations."

Smokey Robinson, American Musician

Life, Temptations

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"And we used to do a lot of drugs and get very drunk on very cheap wine."

"And we used to do a lot of drugs and get very drunk on very cheap wine."

Santiago Durango, American Musician

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"Happiness is so simple in life:If I laugh then you are laughing too."

"Happiness is so simple in life:If I laugh then you are laughing too."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Joy, Happiness, Laughter, Connection

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"Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder."

"Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder."

Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician

Mountains, Snow, Years

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"Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one."

"Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one."

Merle Travis, American Musician

Mother, Wife, Credit

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"I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with."

"I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with."

Ringo Starr, English Musician

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"Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people."

"Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people."

Ozzy Osbourne, English Musician

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"I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list."

"I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list."

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

Now, Right, Want

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"I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something."

"I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something."

Bob Weir, American Musician

People, Democracy, Exercise, Right

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"A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!"

"A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!"

Sun Ra, American Musician

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"I've been a photographer all these years... I haven't been in my own darkroom for 10 years."

"I've been a photographer all these years... I haven't been in my own darkroom for 10 years."

Graham Nash, British Musician

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"Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing."

"Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

Artist, Blood, May

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"It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest."

"It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

Focus, Interest

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"If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin."

"If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin."

Benmont Tench, American Musician

Attention, Sin, Song

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"No one can penetrate me. They only see what's in their own fancy, always."

"No one can penetrate me. They only see what's in their own fancy, always."

Ray Davies, English Musician

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"We played together for so long and we got to the point where our styles blended together. Even today, sometimes I'll hear our records and I'm not really sure who played what. And we took a bunch of acid together too."

"We played together for so long and we got to the point where our styles blended together. Even today, sometimes I'll hear our records and I'm not really sure who played what. And we took a bunch of acid together too."

Wayne Kramer, American Musician

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"I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown."

"I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

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"The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue."

"The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue."

Margaret Whiting, American Musician

People, Actor, Talk

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"With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless."

"With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless."

Vince Neil, American Musician

Technology, Now, Song, Sound

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"The road had the lonely times, but I kept myself busy."

"The road had the lonely times, but I kept myself busy."

Buck Owens, American Musician

Loneliness, Lonely, Road

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"Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars."

"Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars."

Beck, American Musician

Men, Prison, Stars

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"I did extensive, extensive recordings and made a classical CD-ROM set, which is still on the market. For ten years, it was by itself as the cream of the crop of samples."

"I did extensive, extensive recordings and made a classical CD-ROM set, which is still on the market. For ten years, it was by itself as the cream of the crop of samples."

Miroslav Vitous, Czechoslovakian Musician

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"Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound."

"Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound."

Randy Bachman, Canadian Musician

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"Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism."

"Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism."

Eminem, American Musician

Music, Key, Racism, Rap

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"The evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming."

"The evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming."

Al Stewart, Scottish Musician

Dawn, Evening, Voice

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"I'm a big rock star, I got a beautiful girl, and they still call me a fag. Its' like high school never ends - the jocks are always on top."

"I'm a big rock star, I got a beautiful girl, and they still call me a fag. Its' like high school never ends - the jocks are always on top."

Jonathan Davis, American Musician

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"You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect."

"You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect."

Ruben Studdard, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Information

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"I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family."

"I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family."

Jerry Only, American Musician

Family, Music, Years

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"You can't teach others if you are living the same way."

"You can't teach others if you are living the same way."

James Brown, American Musician

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"Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance."

"Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

Anger, Folly, Repentance

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"I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol."

"I wish all teenagers can filter through songs instead of turning to drugs and alcohol."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Alcohol, Drugs, Songs, Teenagers

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"I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Mozart of rock music."

"I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Mozart of rock music."

Sean Lennon, American Musician

Music, Father, Talking, Trying

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"I wanted to do Dreamgirls. If they're doing a stage production of Sparkle, I think that would be hot."

"I wanted to do Dreamgirls. If they're doing a stage production of Sparkle, I think that would be hot."

Deborah Cox, Canadian Musician

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"Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence."

"Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence."

Joan Baez, American Musician

Non-violence, Nonviolence

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"As far as performance, the roar of the crowd, the smell of the greasepaint no I don't feel that."

"As far as performance, the roar of the crowd, the smell of the greasepaint no I don't feel that."

Peter Garrett, Australian Musician

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"People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on."

"People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on."

Joanna Newsom, American Musician

People, Interest, News

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"It's not like that anymore really, but back in the day, nobody would let the Misfits open up for them, not the Ramones, not the Cramps, nobody."

"It's not like that anymore really, but back in the day, nobody would let the Misfits open up for them, not the Ramones, not the Cramps, nobody."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

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"There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir."

"There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

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"I don't believe in being mean to anyone. I'm a really peaceful person. That's something I get from my family."

"I don't believe in being mean to anyone. I'm a really peaceful person. That's something I get from my family."

Nick Carter, American Musician

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"Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it."

"Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

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"I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes."

"I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

Behavior, Nation

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"Oh Mr.Webster could never define what's being said between your heart and mine."

"Oh Mr.Webster could never define what's being said between your heart and mine."

Allison Krauss, American Musician

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"We're making this huge changeover from underground to more mainstream audiences. I don't know if we could ever repeat this type of feeling. We're really excited."

"We're making this huge changeover from underground to more mainstream audiences. I don't know if we could ever repeat this type of feeling. We're really excited."

Jon Crosby, American Musician

Audience, Audiences, Feeling

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"Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over 50 that they can do it."

"Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over 50 that they can do it."

Davy Jones, English Musician

People, Actor, Boys, Now

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