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"I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking."

"I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking."

David Bowie, English Musician

Negative, Thinking

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"Melancholy is no bad thing."

"Melancholy is no bad thing."

Sting, British Musician

22

"I'm a Gemini, so I have a great time with the other guy."

"I'm a Gemini, so I have a great time with the other guy."

Ron Wood, British Musician

22

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian Musician

Imagination, Intelligence, Love, Genius

22

"I will always have my songs and I don't think I will ever dry-up."

"I will always have my songs and I don't think I will ever dry-up."

Barry Gibb, English Musician

Music, Songs, Will

22

"I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records."

"I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records."

Boy George, English Musician

22

"Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear."

"Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

Expression, Misfortune, Ugly

22

"That's why I believe that we must never fail to affirm that we are indeed one nation under God."

"That's why I believe that we must never fail to affirm that we are indeed one nation under God."

Lee Greenwood, American Musician

22

"We've had a number 1 album in the UK and that was a really big thing for me. So now all we've got to do is do it in America and that will have the domino effect of doing it across the rest of the world."

"We've had a number 1 album in the UK and that was a really big thing for me. So now all we've got to do is do it in America and that will have the domino effect of doing it across the rest of the world."

Dan Hawkins, English Musician

America, Effect, Now, Rest

22

"I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he doesn't do it in musical terms , he does it in emotional terms. I got along really well with him."

"I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he doesn't do it in musical terms , he does it in emotional terms. I got along really well with him."

Trevor Rabin, South African Musician

Ability, Enemy, State

22

"My sister and I were born in San Francisco. When our parents died, we came down here to live with relatives."

"My sister and I were born in San Francisco. When our parents died, we came down here to live with relatives."

Freddy Fender, American Musician

Sister, Parents, Relatives

22

"I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio."

"I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio."

Rita Coolidge, American Musician

22

"I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed."

"I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

22

"I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me."

"I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

22

"I have writing songs on my own for about six years."

"I have writing songs on my own for about six years."

Joanna Newsom, American Musician

Music, Songs, Writing, Years

22

"If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got."

"If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got."

Kurt Cobain, American Musician

Peace, Death, Soul, Hope

22

"A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas."

"A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas."

Stan Getz, American Musician

Ideas, Conversation, Friends

22

"I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream."

"I always wished for this, but it's almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream."

Eminem, American Musician

22

"Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life."

"Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

Life, God, Earth, Man

22

"I recorded a song called, I Fall to Pieces, and I was in a car wreck. Now I'm worried because I have a brand-new record, and it's called Crazy!"

Patsy Cline, American Musician

22

"Singing is the love of my life, but I was ready to give it all up because I couldn't handle people talking about how fat I was."

"Singing is the love of my life, but I was ready to give it all up because I couldn't handle people talking about how fat I was."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

Love, Life, People, Singing

22

"Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith."

"Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith."

Benmont Tench, American Musician

22

"You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you're not quite sure. It's the same in - I'm trying to think of other directors with a similar sense - David Lynch's films, Tim's films, some of Cronenberg's stuff."

"You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you're not quite sure. It's the same in - I'm trying to think of other directors with a similar sense - David Lynch's films, Tim's films, some of Cronenberg's stuff."

Danny Elfman, American Musician

Right, Sense, Trying

22

"We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe."

"We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe."

Phil Collins, English Musician

22

"Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else."

"Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

Love, Spiritual

21

"I'm pleased with my life, with the journey."

"I'm pleased with my life, with the journey."

Tina Turner, American Musician

21

"I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing."

"I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

Love, Being, Play

21

"I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history."

"I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

21

"I got up one Christmas morning and we didn't have nothing to eat. We didn't have an apple, we didn't have an orange, we didn't have a cake, we didn't have nothing."

"I got up one Christmas morning and we didn't have nothing to eat. We didn't have an apple, we didn't have an orange, we didn't have a cake, we didn't have nothing."

Muddy Waters, American Musician

Christmas, Nothing

21

"Everything government touches turns to crap."

"Everything government touches turns to crap."

Ringo Starr, English Musician

21

"I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I am. The majority of them are sweet about it, but occasionally somebody weird becomes totally fixated upon me."

"I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I am. The majority of them are sweet about it, but occasionally somebody weird becomes totally fixated upon me."

Teena Marie, American Musician

Sex, Fans, Majority, Sex appeal

21

"I find that putting my makeup on and playing with different looks is really relaxing for me before the show."

"I find that putting my makeup on and playing with different looks is really relaxing for me before the show."

Martina McBride, American Musician

21

"I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster."

"I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster."

Dave Rowntree, English Musician

21

"I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were."

"I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were."

Cab Calloway, American Musician

Difference, Now, Opera

21

"Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find something that the public would like."

"Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find something that the public would like."

Randy Bachman, Canadian Musician

Audience, Audiences, Public, Songs

21

"We always started these albums as making demos, that went right on until Scary Monsters."

"We always started these albums as making demos, that went right on until Scary Monsters."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

21

"What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries."

"What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries."

Etta James, American Musician

21

"There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians."

"There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians."

Mike McCready, American Musician

Conviction, Ideals, Musicians

21

"Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships."

"Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships."

Lauryn Hill, American Musician

Relationship, Relationships

21

"So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves."

"So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves."

Marie Osmond, American Musician

Mother, Babies, Cause, Fault

21

"In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous."

"In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous."

Archie Shepp, American Musician

Poetry, Music, Dance, Rap

21

"I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid?"

"I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid?"

Eminem, American Musician

21

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Love, Peace, Power, Will

21

"I was a 10 million-plus selling artist."

"I was a 10 million-plus selling artist."

Toni Braxton, American Musician

Selling, Artist

21

"I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously."

"I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously."

Robin Trower, English Musician

21

"When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs."

"When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Father, Christmas, Guidance, Old

21

"I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from."

"I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

21

"Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist."

"Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist."

Ben E. King, American Musician

Artist, Kids, Name, Song

21

"I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine."

"I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine."

Melissa Etheridge, American Musician

21

"I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices."

"I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices."

Amy Grant, American Musician

Choice, Choices

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