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Quotes by Musician

"I get very anxious and am scared in crowds and things like that."

"The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation."

"I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities."

"I have become a housewife and there is no better job."

"Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me."

"Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great many phenomenal conductors. It is wonderful music, very spiritual."


"The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays."

"All you have to know is mathematically how many times to scratch it and when to let it go - when certain things will enhance the record you're listening to."

"Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand."

"The cool part of being an entertainer is getting the opportunity to get your feet wet in all areas."

"I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer."

"Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with."

"Three of us will help the other two get suited up, get them in the hatch, and get them out the door."

"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry."


"I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit."

"It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last."

"We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England."

"If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time."

"I find that different types of music are good for certain activities."

"When we write, we complement each other. We wrote six songs, Barry and I, while Robin was ill during the American tour, and they were terrible until Robin came back, and then everything worked out."

"There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her."

"I mean, Chris is, I'm sure, a wonderful guy. But in those days he also very, very late. For all appointments and departures and arrivals and sound checks and anything."

"The conductor must breathe life into the score. It is you and you alone who must expose it to the understanding, reveal the hidden jewel to the sun at the most flattering angles."

"I cannot help feeling I would have been happier with a husband and chidren of my own."

"Discipline? I don't know the meaning of the word."
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