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"I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me."

"I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

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"I also learned to be more confident, to trust my instincts more."

"I also learned to be more confident, to trust my instincts more."

Lindsey Buckingham, American Musician

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"When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again."

"When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again."

Paula Cole, American Musician

Success, Successful, Want

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"A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique."

"A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique."

Stephen Malkmus, American Musician

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"Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise."

"Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

Fitness, Dancing, Exercise, Forget

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"Music is a language, you see, a universal language."

"Music is a language, you see, a universal language."

Sun Ra, American Musician

Music, Language

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"Well, I've been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple."

"Well, I've been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple."

Robyn Hitchcock, English Musician

Painting, Years

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"It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before."

"It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before."

James Taylor, American Musician

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"Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out."

"Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

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"All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."

"All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Lie, Lies, Man, Rest

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"There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out."

"There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

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"There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing."

"There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

Battle, Jazz, Tradition, Want

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"We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then you play Lost Cause and they're like, I don't know about this one."

"We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then you play Lost Cause and they're like, I don't know about this one."

Beck, American Musician

People, Cause, Play, Song

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"I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in the shadows so you shine. Just ask, it will be done and I will prove my love, until you're sure that I'm the one."

"I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in the shadows so you shine. Just ask, it will be done and I will prove my love, until you're sure that I'm the one."

Gary Allan, American Musician

Home, Love, Soul, Shadows

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"I know all's fair in love and war but when you go off and try to be by yourself and it ends up on the front page of the press it's frightening, knowing your life is under such scrutiny."

"I know all's fair in love and war but when you go off and try to be by yourself and it ends up on the front page of the press it's frightening, knowing your life is under such scrutiny."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

Life, Love, War, Press

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"Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot."

"Some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. I wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot."

Ani DiFranco, American Musician

People, Heart, Right

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"Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The trick is just to wake thmem up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music."

"Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The trick is just to wake thmem up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music."

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, German Musician

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"I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return."

"I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return."

Billy Bragg, British Musician

War, First, Letters, Listening

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"Most of the auditions I went on, I passed up the projects because I just wasn't interested. When I read A Knight's Tale, that was that. I knew I wanted to do this movie."

"Most of the auditions I went on, I passed up the projects because I just wasn't interested. When I read A Knight's Tale, that was that. I knew I wanted to do this movie."

Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician

Knight, Projects

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"I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome."

"I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome."

Jennifer Lopez, American Musician

People, Consideration, Name, Want

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"When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire."

"When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire."

David Bowie, English Musician

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"I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice."

"I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice."

Cassandra Wilson, American Musician

Artist, Jazz, Testing, Voice

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"Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference."

"Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference."

Marilyn Manson, American Musician

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"They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade."

"They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

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"Thousands of kids and parents come up to us and say, How do we get better as a singer?"

"Thousands of kids and parents come up to us and say, How do we get better as a singer?"

Paula Abdul, American Musician

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"Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us."

"Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

Life, Measure, Sorrow

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"Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself."

"Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself."

Jewel Kilcher, American Musician

Goal, First, Writing

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"Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I could hold on to."

"Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I could hold on to."

Michael Schenker, German Musician

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"Throw caution to the wind and just do it."

"Throw caution to the wind and just do it."

Carrie Underwood, American Musician

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"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own."

"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

Christmas, Eyes, Tears, Weddings

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"We need to educate Americans about the real harms of marijuana if we want to sustain the gains we've made over the past three years."

"We need to educate Americans about the real harms of marijuana if we want to sustain the gains we've made over the past three years."

John Walters, British Musician

American, Americans, Past, Want, Years

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"There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs."

"There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs."

Christine McVie, American Musician

Books, Song, Songs

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"I'm easy driving, But I'm not a person who loves living pleasantly above all else. I'm not that way at all. I might think I'm that, but I'm not really that."

"I'm easy driving, But I'm not a person who loves living pleasantly above all else. I'm not that way at all. I might think I'm that, but I'm not really that."

Ray Davies, English Musician

Driving, Living

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"I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play."

"I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play."

Herb Alpert, American Musician

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"It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them."

"It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them."

Etta James, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Songs, Tribute

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"Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile."

"Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile."

Tina Turner, American Musician

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"We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves."

"We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

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"If we don't heal our own hood, who will?"

"If we don't heal our own hood, who will?"

Nelly, American Musician

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"I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes. Now, to me, everything else just sounds like a lie."

"I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes. Now, to me, everything else just sounds like a lie."

Conor Oberst, American Musician

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"As soon as I got up on that stage, and I remembered how welcoming and warming the judges, their presence is, and it was just all uphill from there."

"As soon as I got up on that stage, and I remembered how welcoming and warming the judges, their presence is, and it was just all uphill from there."

James Durbin, American Musician

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"Homophobia is gay."

"Homophobia is gay."

Frank Iero, American Musician

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"FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano."

"FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

Opportunity, Play

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"If I'm gonna go down I'm gonna do it with style. You won't hear me surrender, you won't hear me confess cause you've left me with nothing but I have worked with less."

"If I'm gonna go down I'm gonna do it with style. You won't hear me surrender, you won't hear me confess cause you've left me with nothing but I have worked with less."

Ani DiFranco, American Musician

Cause, Nothing, Style, Surrender

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"The artist I wanna be like is Michael Jackson. I'll get the house with the roller coaster and the rides and a disco, and I'll invite all my friends and just stay at home."

"The artist I wanna be like is Michael Jackson. I'll get the house with the roller coaster and the rides and a disco, and I'll invite all my friends and just stay at home."

Lil' Kim, American Musician

Home, Artist, Friends

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"I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done."

"I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done."

Peabo Bryson, American Musician

Job, Sense, Trying

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"Listen, I'm out of this system, man, I'm out... I'm doing better than ever. I couldn't be more happy."

"Listen, I'm out of this system, man, I'm out... I'm doing better than ever. I couldn't be more happy."

Aimee Mann, American Musician

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"I remember lying on the floor of the living room with headphones on when I was four or five years old, listening to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack."

"I remember lying on the floor of the living room with headphones on when I was four or five years old, listening to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

Listening, Living, Lying, Night

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"I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing."

"I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing."

Jo Stafford, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Nothing

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"Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop."

"Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop."

Judy Collins, American Musician

Fun, Prose, Writing

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"As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release."

"As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release."

Jackson Browne, American Musician

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