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Quotes by Musician
"It doesn't make sense for me to be a lawyer in a place where there is no law."
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"We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened."
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"There's always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it's good. It's good. It's been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great."
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"When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!"
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"I think paranormal experiences are very personal, again, if they are that. Yes, sometimes I've felt that some things I would personally believe enough for me to take action on it... like, you know, I felt something happen in a hotel once that made me never stay there again."
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"I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping."
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"I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang."
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"I love sneakers on a girl. I don't know why, but I guess it's because I'm still a young. I really like just like a girl who has style - a girl who does her own thing, is unique in what she's wearing and works what she's got."
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"When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time."
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"I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home."
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"It's a non-stop invention, this game of life, and as soon as you think you've got it, you lose it."
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"Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do."
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"Yes, I was going to law school and it was closed in '69."
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"My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles."
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"There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!"
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"All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!"
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"All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together."
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"And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New York so I hooked it up when I came here and I recorded in 1969 my first album with Pete Rodriguez."
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"It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here."
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"When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings."
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"And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day."
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"A couple of people thought I looked familiar, but it was like, No."
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"Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the pick has worn down to half its size."
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"I didn't want to do the whole, get the hottest person thing. I wanted to make sure every record felt right."
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"I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it."
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"I've fancied other women, but I haven't done anything about it."
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"Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all."
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"Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together."
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