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"The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey."

"The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey."

Enya, Irish Musician

63

"So I am one of those bass players who can do something and musically, it was back then and now it is even more, if you noticed on the new album, I am not playing all the time anymore."

"So I am one of those bass players who can do something and musically, it was back then and now it is even more, if you noticed on the new album, I am not playing all the time anymore."

Miroslav Vitous, Czechoslovakian Musician

63

"Each time I play a song it seems more real."

"Each time I play a song it seems more real."

Robert Smith, English Musician

Time, Play, Song

63

"I've got two sisters and they're both married and they're both much more settled into the way things are."

"I've got two sisters and they're both married and they're both much more settled into the way things are."

Ann Wilson, American Musician

Sister, Sisters

63

"We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world."

"We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world."

Noel Gallagher, English Musician

63

"The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion."

"The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

Love, Religion, Songs, Writing

63

"So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing."

"So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing."

Gavin DeGraw, American Musician

Dating, Work, Now

63

"Unfortunately, most of the songs that I write I don't write them with guitar in mind. I just write it as a song and that was probably one of the ones that left an opening for it. The song's all right, I wouldn't choose to sing it now."

"Unfortunately, most of the songs that I write I don't write them with guitar in mind. I just write it as a song and that was probably one of the ones that left an opening for it. The song's all right, I wouldn't choose to sing it now."

Roy Wood, English Musician

Guitar, Mind, Now, Right

63

"This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear."

"This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

63

"It never got ugly, although it got a bit strange at times."

"It never got ugly, although it got a bit strange at times."

Dave Blood, American Musician

63

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

63

"Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary."

"Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary."

David Sylvian, English Musician

Belief, Discipline, Buddhism, Zen

63

"I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big."

"I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

63

"Women are the real architects of society."

"Women are the real architects of society."

Cher, American Musician

63

"I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow."

"I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

63

"The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player."

"The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player."

Mike Gordon, American Musician

63

"I try not to name too many labels - not because it's not cool, but because it starts getting political."

"I try not to name too many labels - not because it's not cool, but because it starts getting political."

Nelly, American Musician

63

"Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well."

"Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well."

Steve Brown, American Musician

63

"Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality."

"Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality."

Billie Joe Armstrong, American Musician

Freedom, Individuality, Punk, Sense

63

"Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't."

"Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't."

Billy Higgins, American Musician

Music, Help, Jazz, Needs

63

"You know, they wanted to do a Broadway album and every show was kind of a bomb. There was no music at all."

"You know, they wanted to do a Broadway album and every show was kind of a bomb. There was no music at all."

Les Baxter, American Musician

63

"As far as me knowing if Frank was a genius - in those days, I thought Einstein was the only genius around."

"As far as me knowing if Frank was a genius - in those days, I thought Einstein was the only genius around."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Genius, Thought

63

"What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done."

"What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

Disappointment, Sense

63

"There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around."

"There's a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around."

Dick Dale, American Musician

Love, Saying, Want

63

"The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only way to repeat that is by only writing when you're high."

"The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only way to repeat that is by only writing when you're high."

Barry Mann, American Musician

Danger, Song, Thinking, Writing

63

"My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never."

"My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

63

"To live outside the law, you must be honest."

"To live outside the law, you must be honest."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

63

"The States still has the best audiences by far."

"The States still has the best audiences by far."

Robin Trower, English Musician

Audience, Audiences, states

63

"I used to have six left feet. Now I only have one and a half left feet."

"I used to have six left feet. Now I only have one and a half left feet."

Jesse McCartney, American Musician

63

"My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly."

"My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly."

Carlos Santana, Mexican Musician

Life, Music, People, Dance

63

"You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach."

"You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach."

Jim Steinman, American Musician

63

"For every prohibition you create you also create an underground."

"For every prohibition you create you also create an underground."

Jello Biafra, American Musician

63

"What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them."

"What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them."

Stephan Jenkins, American Musician

Music, Literature, Moments, Value

63

"I'm trying to be more of a gentleman."

"I'm trying to be more of a gentleman."

Jason Mraz, American Musician

Gentleman, Trying

63

"I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me."

"I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

State, states, United

63

"The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French."

"The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Living, Paris, Songs

63

"I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture."

"I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture."

Etta James, American Musician

Music, Country, Culture

63

"You tell me one other person that graduated from Yale that is as inarticulate as Bush. Yale's a great school, and here's this idiot."

"You tell me one other person that graduated from Yale that is as inarticulate as Bush. Yale's a great school, and here's this idiot."

Al Jourgensen, Cuban Musician

63

"It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true."

"It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

Positive, Acting, Deep, Feeling

63

"When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn't there."

"When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn't there."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Time, Musicians

63

"It was rehearsing in the studio, at which point they were setting up the sound, and once we'd got the thing together they'd actually record it, without us knowing sometimes!"

"It was rehearsing in the studio, at which point they were setting up the sound, and once we'd got the thing together they'd actually record it, without us knowing sometimes!"

Noel Redding, English Musician

63

"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."

"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."

William Christopher Handy, American Musician

Consciousness, Song

63

"What we play is life."

"What we play is life."

Louis Armstrong, American Musician

63

"I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point?"

"I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point?"

Robert Smith, English Musician

63

"I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police."

"I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police."

Keith Richards, English Musician

Drugs, Police, Problems

63

"Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour."

"Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour."

Dave Rowntree, English Musician

63

"I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same."

"I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same."

LaToya Jackson, American Musician

63

"People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business."

"People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business."

Dave Mason, British Musician

Business, People, Nothing

63

"We're not saying that you don't need coal, but when you do mine the coal there are responsibilities to it. It may cost a little more, but it is the right thing to do."

"We're not saying that you don't need coal, but when you do mine the coal there are responsibilities to it. It may cost a little more, but it is the right thing to do."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

May, Right, Saying

63

"I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn."

"I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn."

Natalie Imbruglia, Australian Musician

63

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