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"What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers."

"What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers."

Lars Ulrich, Danish Musician

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"Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it."

"Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

64

"Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves."

"Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves."

Barry Mann, American Musician

People, Feelings

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"I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance."

"I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance."

Jerry Harrison, American Musician

Music, Technology, Performance, Now

64

"I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards."

"I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards."

Suzy Bogguss, American Musician

Christmas, Years

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"I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played."

"I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

64

"The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships."

"The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships."

Kurtis Blow, American Musician

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"I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually."

"I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

Family, Time, Life, Friends

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"Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al's the original member of the group."

"Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al's the original member of the group."

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

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"I am attracted to myths."

"I am attracted to myths."

Tina Turner, American Musician

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"I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

64

"My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt."

"My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt."

Chaka Khan, American Musician

Contempt, Familiarity, Philosophy

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"When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba."

"When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba."

Compay Segundo, Cuban Musician

64

"The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar tastes and aspirations and like music as much as you do."

"The most important thing is to follow your instinct and get involved with some friends who have similar tastes and aspirations and like music as much as you do."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

Music, Aspirations, Friends, Instinct

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"I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So for me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water."

"I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So for me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water."

Victoria Beckham, English Musician

Positive, America, Spiritual, Visualization

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"The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered."

"The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered."

Lee Greenwood, American Musician

Key, Nation, Traditions

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"I can't get no satisfaction."

"I can't get no satisfaction."

Mick Jagger, English Musician

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"Yes, there are times when I get extremely depressed and how I sublimate those feelings is through music."

"Yes, there are times when I get extremely depressed and how I sublimate those feelings is through music."

Peter Steele, American Musician

Music, Feelings

64

"Since I was 12 or 13, I have been taking movie meetings finding a project right for me because I wanted to try it. Craig gave us the script - it was set in Wales, it is really British humour. I just loved it."

"Since I was 12 or 13, I have been taking movie meetings finding a project right for me because I wanted to try it. Craig gave us the script - it was set in Wales, it is really British humour. I just loved it."

Charlotte Church, Welsh Musician

Meeting, Meetings, Project, Right

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"Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace."

"Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace."

Barry McGuire, American Musician

Forget, Grace, Hate

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"We think that we have great potential but never reach it."

"We think that we have great potential but never reach it."

Josh Silver, American Musician

64

"When you sing a song the way I sing it, you have to use your whole body. It's almost like working out."

"When you sing a song the way I sing it, you have to use your whole body. It's almost like working out."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

64

"Thats why my biggest problems were with LL and Run."

"Thats why my biggest problems were with LL and Run."

Kool Moe Dee, American Musician

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"The best time to buy a home is always five years ago."

"The best time to buy a home is always five years ago."

Ray Brown, American Musician

Home, Time, Years

64

"We still haven't played Madison Square Garden. That's a benchmark. Something will have gone seriously wrong if we don't play Madison Square Garden for this album."

"We still haven't played Madison Square Garden. That's a benchmark. Something will have gone seriously wrong if we don't play Madison Square Garden for this album."

Dan Hawkins, English Musician

Gardening, Garden, Play, Will, Wrong

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"When I came to DreamWorks, I was in bad trouble. They were in bad trouble. They were millions of dollars in the hole and a few days from closing their doors. I was on my last leg."

"When I came to DreamWorks, I was in bad trouble. They were in bad trouble. They were millions of dollars in the hole and a few days from closing their doors. I was on my last leg."

Toby Keith, American Musician

64

"Running away will never make you free."

"Running away will never make you free."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

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"Indecision may or may not be my problem."

"Indecision may or may not be my problem."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

Indecision, May

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"A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique."

"A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique."

Stephen Malkmus, American Musician

64

"I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me."

"I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me."

Pete Seeger, American Musician

64

"If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable."

"If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

64

"It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do."

"It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do."

Quincy Jones, American Musician

64

"I grew up thinking that singing was my security."

"I grew up thinking that singing was my security."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Security, Singing, Thinking

64

"Well, I've been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple."

"Well, I've been painting for years. I just started doing a lot more in the last couple."

Robyn Hitchcock, English Musician

Painting, Years

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"My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments."

"My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments."

Matt Cameron, American Musician

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"I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious."

"I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious."

Peter Steele, American Musician

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"Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out."

"Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

64

"I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge."

"I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge."

Dave Matthews, South African Musician

Motivational, Motivation, Fear, Failure, Economy

64

"Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine,' which I subsequently put on the Boulders album. I thought at the time that was probably the best song I'd written."

"Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine,' which I subsequently put on the Boulders album. I thought at the time that was probably the best song I'd written."

Roy Wood, English Musician

Time, Thought, Song

64

"There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing."

"There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

Battle, Jazz, Tradition, Want

64

"I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out."

"I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

Fire, First, Woman

64

"I feel safe in white because, deep down inside, I'm an angel."

"I feel safe in white because, deep down inside, I'm an angel."

Puff Daddy, American Musician

64

"And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here."

"And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here."

Waylon Jennings, American Musician

Boys, Country, Old

64

"I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing."

"I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic guitar, bass, with violin and sometimes accordion, and the guys would sing, that kind of thing."

Dan Hicks, American Musician

64

"It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black."

"It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black."

Carly Simon, American Musician

64

"Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies."

"Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies."

Irving Berlin, American Musician

Advice, Hate, Song

64

"Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up."

"Christina Aguilera and I are friends no matter what the media makes up."

Britney Spears, American Musician

Friendship, Friends, Media

64

"I always try to give my songs as gifts."

"I always try to give my songs as gifts."

Dan Fogelberg, American Musician

Gift, Gifts, Songs

64

"Hippies are so phoney and fake."

"Hippies are so phoney and fake."

George Harrison, British Musician

64

"I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that."

"I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that."

Levon Helm, American Musician

Fool, Fun, Reward

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