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"I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind."
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Brian Eno
"I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind."
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"I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness."
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Ville Valo
"I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness."
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"Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing."
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Quincy Jones
"Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing."
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"I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once."
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John Hartford
"I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once."
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"Yeah, I'm sure there are stereotypes of Asian people."
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James Iha
"Yeah, I'm sure there are stereotypes of Asian people."
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"In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature."
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Taylor Swift
"In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature."
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"I have no one style."
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Oscar Peterson
"I have no one style."
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"This was something that was obsessing me and creating a writer's block. To get involved and get stuck in, get the proper information about what's going on has really helped."
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Thom Yorke
"This was something that was obsessing me and creating a writer's block. To get involved and get stuck in, get the proper information about what's going on has really helped."
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"Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight."
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John Lee Hooker
"Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight."
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"For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity."
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Chad Hugo
"For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity."
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"Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary."
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David Sylvian
"Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary."
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"I'm incredibly impressed by people who organize to achieve a goal, and believe that they can make a difference and then go ahead and do just that. I think it's incredible."
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Fiona Apple
"I'm incredibly impressed by people who organize to achieve a goal, and believe that they can make a difference and then go ahead and do just that. I think it's incredible."
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"It's hard to get that real good feeling about festivals sometimes."
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Meg White
"It's hard to get that real good feeling about festivals sometimes."
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"And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school."
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Travis Barker
"And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school."
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"Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived."
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Jimmy Page
"Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived."
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"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag."
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Patti Smith
"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag."
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"It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar."
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Joanna Newsom
"It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar."
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"Fame hit me like a ton of bricks."
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Eminem
"Fame hit me like a ton of bricks."
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"When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap."
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Eminem
"When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap."
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"Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere."
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Pablo Casals
"Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere."
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"I've read a couple of things that I was sort of close to having a nervous breakdown. But I don't think I was. I was very, very tired. It was a really difficult time."
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Kate Bush
"I've read a couple of things that I was sort of close to having a nervous breakdown. But I don't think I was. I was very, very tired. It was a really difficult time."
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"I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park."
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Rufus Wainwright
"I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park."
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"It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record."
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Vanessa Paradis
"It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record."
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"I started working out with a trainer and I immediately saw results."
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Taylor Dayne
"I started working out with a trainer and I immediately saw results."
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"Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself."
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Michael Bolton
"Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself."
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"If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiah's point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple."
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Peter Townsend
"If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiah's point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple."
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"I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella."
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Gwen Stefani
"I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella."
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"After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?"
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Tom Araya
"After that I didn't listen to music as much because '70s music just wasn't... I remember all the songs, but it wasn't because I was into them, you know what I mean?"
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"I miss my singing career very much."
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Elvis Presley
"I miss my singing career very much."
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"I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album."
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Bruce Cockburn
"I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album."
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"A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business."
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Loretta Lynn
"A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business."
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"I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me."
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Billy Joel
"I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me."
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"I feel at home in an orchestral score."
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Placido Domingo
"I feel at home in an orchestral score."
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"The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there."
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Mick Taylor
"The Stones don't really need to do it for money, so they must get some kind of pleasure out of it. They're not like a group that's disbanded and gone away and made a comeback. They've always been there."
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"By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso."
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Robert Quine
"By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso."
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"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway."
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Bob Dylan
"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway."
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"A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything."
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Eric San
"A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything."
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"You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way."
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
"You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way."
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"Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat."
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Van Morrison
"Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat."
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"The atmosphere defines the environment of sound."
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Bill Laswell
"The atmosphere defines the environment of sound."
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"I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet... we will be successful."
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Cat Stevens
"I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet... we will be successful."
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"Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it."
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Trevor Rabin
"Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it."
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"Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret."
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Ethel Merman
"Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret."
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"For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it."
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Matt Cameron
"For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it."
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"So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too."
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
"So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too."
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"The best time to buy a home is always five years ago."
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Ray Brown
"The best time to buy a home is always five years ago."
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"Depression is something that makes you lose your sight."
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Michael Schenker
"Depression is something that makes you lose your sight."
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"We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities."
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Chester Bennington
"We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities."
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"There's nothing wrong with loving who you are."
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Lady Gaga
"There's nothing wrong with loving who you are."
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"I just do what I do. I like to make music."
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Neil Young
"I just do what I do. I like to make music."
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