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"I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it."

"I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it."

Laurie Anderson, American Musician

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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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"When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills."

"When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

Love, Time, Sex, People

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"Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on."

"Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

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"Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses."

"Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses."

Maureen Forrester, Canadian Musician

Life, Mistake, People, Alcohol

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"Without meditation, I'd probably be dead."

"Without meditation, I'd probably be dead."

Mike Love, American Musician

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"Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of songs."

"Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of songs."

Sting, British Musician

Meditation, Songs, Style, Writing

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"When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material."

"When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material."

Tennessee Ernie Ford, American Musician

Music, Day, Night, Pretty

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"I didn't expect to get it at all. I just went along to the audition for the experience."

"I didn't expect to get it at all. I just went along to the audition for the experience."

Dannii Minogue, Australian Musician

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"Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable."

"Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

Audience, Audiences

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"My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in."

"My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

Mom, Time, Play, Theory

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"This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky."

"This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

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"Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started."

"Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started."

George Thorogood, American Musician

Confidence, Day

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"Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play."

"Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play."

Willie Nelson, American Musician

Choice, First, Lovers, Play

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"If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record."

"If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record."

Duncan Sheik, American Musician

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"We've been gone five years and the best they could come up with was boy bands?"

"We've been gone five years and the best they could come up with was boy bands?"

Jon Bon Jovi, American Musician

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"My memories are inside me - they're not things or a place - I can take them anywhere."

"My memories are inside me - they're not things or a place - I can take them anywhere."

Olivia Newton-John, Australian Musician

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"I have to choose songs that represent my personality."

"I have to choose songs that represent my personality."

Peabo Bryson, American Musician

Personality, Songs

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"People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy."

"People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

Music, People, Fancy

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"What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition."

"What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition."

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German Musician

Performance, Ability, Content, Singing

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"I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be."

"I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be."

Crystal Waters, American Musician

Integrity, Quiet, Talking, Trying

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"He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times."

"He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times."

Cab Calloway, American Musician

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"For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet."

"For the larger interest of humanity, Islamic society presents the safest place on this planet."

Jermaine Jackson, American Musician

Society, Humanity, Interest

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"My joke, which isn't really a joke, is that there will be one of two tours: the tour for the album that does well, or the tour for the album that stiffs."

"My joke, which isn't really a joke, is that there will be one of two tours: the tour for the album that does well, or the tour for the album that stiffs."

Richard Marx, American Musician

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"I'm not a toy boy, bellybutton band, so I don't have to worry about that. Actually, I never did."

"I'm not a toy boy, bellybutton band, so I don't have to worry about that. Actually, I never did."

Juice Newton, American Musician

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"With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard."

"With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard."

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Musician

American, Orchestras, Play

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"I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years."

"I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years."

Carly Simon, American Musician

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"I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players."

"I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players."

Dimebag Darrell, American Musician

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"I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings."

"I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian Musician

Feelings, Attention, Blame, Praise

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"I'm taking my rats. Those are my friends for the tour. Thelma and Louise. They're so cute."

"I'm taking my rats. Those are my friends for the tour. Thelma and Louise. They're so cute."

Pink, American Musician

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"A good bassist determines the direction of any band."

"A good bassist determines the direction of any band."

Ron Carter, American Musician

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"Having that amount of nominations makes me a little nervous, because you feel that the bar is really high, the expectations are really high, but it also feels great."

"Having that amount of nominations makes me a little nervous, because you feel that the bar is really high, the expectations are really high, but it also feels great."

Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

Expectation, Expectations

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"I'm not a big jazz fan."

"I'm not a big jazz fan."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

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"The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics."

"The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics."

Jello Biafra, American Musician

Contempt, Ethics, Jury, Punk

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"If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing."

"If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

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"It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time."

"It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time."

David Allan Coe, American Musician

Beauty, Time, Building, Will

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"Robin had always wanted to go solo, so when it happened I wasn't angry at all. I understood the situation. But Barry is so full of pride and couldn't understand why Robin had done it."

"Robin had always wanted to go solo, so when it happened I wasn't angry at all. I understood the situation. But Barry is so full of pride and couldn't understand why Robin had done it."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

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"I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively."

"I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively."

Paula Cole, American Musician

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"Time will take your money, but money won't buy time."

"Time will take your money, but money won't buy time."

James Taylor, American Musician

Money, Time, Will

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"I'm too old to do things by half."

"I'm too old to do things by half."

Lou Reed, American Musician

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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."

"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."

Charlie Parker, American Musician

Forget, Practice, Wail

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"The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had."

"The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had."

Ace Frehley, American Musician

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"But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot."

"But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot."

Bill Bruford, British Musician

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"Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing."

"Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing."

Talib Kweli, American Musician

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"You reach out your hand, but you're all alone, in those time passages."

"You reach out your hand, but you're all alone, in those time passages."

Al Stewart, Scottish Musician

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"I'm not a control freak."

"I'm not a control freak."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

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"I can tell you the day The Beach Boys will no longer exist - never. We'll be on stage in wheelchairs."

"I can tell you the day The Beach Boys will no longer exist - never. We'll be on stage in wheelchairs."

Dennis Wilson, American Musician

Beach, Boys, Day, Will

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