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Quotes by Musician

"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."

"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."

"I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once."

"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."

"Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight."

"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."

"Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary."

"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."

"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."

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag."

"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."

"I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park."

"It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record."

"I started working out with a trainer and I immediately saw results."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso."
Punk,

"The atmosphere defines the environment of sound."

"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."

"Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it."

"Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret."

"For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it."

"So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too."

"Depression is something that makes you lose your sight."

"We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities."
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