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"I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up - blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff."
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John Tesh
"I was 23 years old. It was a wild time. I was covering everything that blew up - blackouts, Studio 54, son of Sam killer, and all of that stuff."
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"I'm such a blonde. It just doesn't make sense for me to have dark hair."
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Jessica Simpson
"I'm such a blonde. It just doesn't make sense for me to have dark hair."
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"There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then."
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Hazel Scott
"There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then."
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"It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song."
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Kate Smith
"It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song."
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"I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan."
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Billy Higgins
"I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan."
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"We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the band became big, Hendrix became a star and looked down at us lot."
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Noel Redding
"We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the band became big, Hendrix became a star and looked down at us lot."
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"So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons."
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Pat Boone
"So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons."
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"I'm attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation."
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Britney Spears
"I'm attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation."
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"If I told you the tragedy parts, we'd all sit here and cry."
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John Phillips
"If I told you the tragedy parts, we'd all sit here and cry."
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"It was a job, and I was just doing my job."
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Johnny Ramone
"It was a job, and I was just doing my job."
Job,
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"You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels."
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Billy Sherwood
"You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels."
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"Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up."
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Robert Smith
"Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up."
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"You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives. It's not that important."
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Victoria Beckham
"You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives. It's not that important."
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"Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it."
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Melissa Auf der Maur
"Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it."
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"We came off the road of the last tour very inspired to just keep playing, so we went to Canada."
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Billy Sherwood
"We came off the road of the last tour very inspired to just keep playing, so we went to Canada."
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"I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from."
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Sarah McLachlan
"I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from."
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"It's valid that the Strokes and the Pleased have been influenced by some of the same bands. But it's invalid in the sense that we listen to the Strokes and try to sounds like them. I think that they are a good band."
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Joanna Newsom
"It's valid that the Strokes and the Pleased have been influenced by some of the same bands. But it's invalid in the sense that we listen to the Strokes and try to sounds like them. I think that they are a good band."
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"The roughest road often leads to the top."
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Christina Aguilera
"The roughest road often leads to the top."
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"First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that."
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Carlos Santana
"First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that."
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"I believe in criticism."
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Paul Anka
"I believe in criticism."
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"Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides."
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Scott Weiland
"Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides."
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"I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine."
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Robert Smith
"I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine."
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"Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist."
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Andrea Bocelli
"Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist."
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"Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre."
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Steve Earle
"Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre."
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"Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence."
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Jim Morrison
"Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence."
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"I think it all comes down to relationships - how I treat my wife, how I treat my kids, how I treat the guys at the grocery store, all aspects of every day, what I'm involved in."
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Michael W. Smith
"I think it all comes down to relationships - how I treat my wife, how I treat my kids, how I treat the guys at the grocery store, all aspects of every day, what I'm involved in."
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"I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference."
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Marilyn Manson
"I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference."
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"My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am."
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Joan Jett
"My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am."
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"When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there."
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Colin Greenwood
"When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there."
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"It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years."
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Elliott Smith
"It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years."
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"Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me."
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Herbie Hancock
"Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me."
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"Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day."
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Al Stewart
"Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day."
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"When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings."
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Loretta Lynn
"When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings."
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"If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me."
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Kristin Hersh
"If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me."
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"I'm not living for when I have a Number One record or when I make a million trillion dollars. I'm not doing this to get somewhere else. I'm doing it because I'm doing it.'"
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Dannii Minogue
"I'm not living for when I have a Number One record or when I make a million trillion dollars. I'm not doing this to get somewhere else. I'm doing it because I'm doing it.'"
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"If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room."
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Bill Laswell
"If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room."
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"You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail."
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Charlie Parker
"You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail."
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"I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night."
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Charlie Watts
"I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night."
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"To me marriage is for five or ten years."
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Cher
"To me marriage is for five or ten years."
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"There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm."
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Beverly Sills
"There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm."
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"It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time."
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Waylon Jennings
"It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time."
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"I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs."
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Barry Mann
"I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs."
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"Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail."
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Frank Sinatra
"Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail."
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"Hiphop hasn't had stages of growth through its 30 years of existence."
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Slick Rick
"Hiphop hasn't had stages of growth through its 30 years of existence."
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"We do this basically for ourselves. People appreciate it, which is cool, but I think they appreciate that we're doing it for ourselves. We're doing it our way, and how people like it is not up to us. We like it."
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James Hetfield
"We do this basically for ourselves. People appreciate it, which is cool, but I think they appreciate that we're doing it for ourselves. We're doing it our way, and how people like it is not up to us. We like it."
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"I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing."
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Chris Robinson
"I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing."
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"I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else."
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David Byrne
"I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else."
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"The most boring thing in the world? Silence."
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Justin Timberlake
"The most boring thing in the world? Silence."
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"It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself."
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Utada Hikaru
"It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself."
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"If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens."
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Gavin Rossdale
"If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens."
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