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Quotes by Musician

"Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body."

"I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek."


"No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years."

"I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space."

"I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena."

"Everyone knows that if you've got a brother, you're going to fight."

"I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride."

"My grandfather was in a barbershop quartet and my grandmother was in a gospel quartet with her sisters."


"In those days the big U.S. labels didn't have any particular interest in the Latin market."


"You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money."

"I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history."

"There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter."
Time,


"We might be workers, but we are not happy go-lucky jungle bunnies."

"If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first."

"I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been."


"You've got a beautiful country with so many beautiful people and so many beautiful things happening and stuff like that lets it down. I feel sad for them."


"I felt a responsibility to present a viable alternative to the popular electric sound."

"It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did."
Fun,

"He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times."

"I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and don't give them a lot of credence."

"I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier."

"The fewer expectations you have, the better."

"It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure."

"The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had."

"I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I'm certainly not denying that I'm young, but I'm not fluff."


"It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody in this band exhibits some form of neurotic behavior. And we couldn't find a balance, a mutual respect for each other."

"I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire to me. Why walk out in the middle of the field, it's just going to flame out and go away just like everything else does?"


"The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it."
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