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"It's a coup by the GOP to grab the governorship to California to make this place a safe haven for George W. Bush in 2004. It's incredible when you think about it. The recall cost the state $100 million."

"It's a coup by the GOP to grab the governorship to California to make this place a safe haven for George W. Bush in 2004. It's incredible when you think about it. The recall cost the state $100 million."

Al Jardine, American Musician

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"Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help."

"Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

Deep, Help, Singing

21

"For me, the other thing is not just a strong sense of spirituality."

"For me, the other thing is not just a strong sense of spirituality."

Peabo Bryson, American Musician

Sense, Spirituality

21

"We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity."

"We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity."

John Lennon, English Musician

Christianity, First, Now, Popular

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"If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better."

"If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better."

Paula Cole, American Musician

Music, Life, Answers, Meaning

21

"When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight."

"When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight."

Michael Bolton, American Musician

Fight, Training

21

"The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe."

"The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

21

"It is impossible says our distressed mind; try it, whispers admonishing us, the dream."

"It is impossible says our distressed mind; try it, whispers admonishing us, the dream."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Determination, Mind, Impossibility, Dream, Hope

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"We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think."

"We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think."

Billie Joe Armstrong, American Musician

21

"Because I'm not the same today as I was in '58, or '59 or even '71."

"Because I'm not the same today as I was in '58, or '59 or even '71."

Link Wray, American Musician

21

"I have to go... drop some kids in the pool."

"I have to go... drop some kids in the pool."

Jessica Simpson, American Musician

21

"The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views."

"The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views."

Greg Ginn, American Musician

Business, People, Disappointment

21

"No, my son's a songwriter and he does that."

"No, my son's a songwriter and he does that."

Mel Tillis, American Musician

21

"When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be."

"When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be."

Cyndi Lauper, American Musician

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"The only thing better than singing is more singing."

"The only thing better than singing is more singing."

Ella Fitzgerald, American Musician

21

"Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties."

"Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties."

David Bowie, English Musician

21

"I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old."

"I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old."

Billie Holiday, American Musician

Chance, Kids, Old, Play

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"Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways."

"Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways."

Mac Davis, American Musician

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"Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, 'cause we were born this way!"

"Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, 'cause we were born this way!"

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Self-Expression, Shine, Born This Way

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"We'll open for anyone, we are just looking to play."

"We'll open for anyone, we are just looking to play."

John Entwistle, English Musician

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"We can even sing off key, but if it's produced properly it can be a hit."

"We can even sing off key, but if it's produced properly it can be a hit."

Grandmaster Flash, American Musician

21

"We have boys now, and men, in the rock and roll business and all the show business, who have this reaction on women. They scream. They yell. They do all sorts of wild things."

"We have boys now, and men, in the rock and roll business and all the show business, who have this reaction on women. They scream. They yell. They do all sorts of wild things."

Minnie Pearl, American Musician

Business, Men, Women, Boys

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"Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit."

"Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit."

Marvin Gaye, American Musician

Peace, Fear, Sin, Spirit

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"Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer."

"Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer."

Bobby Vinton, American Musician

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"Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do."

"Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do."

Herb Alpert, American Musician

Music, Musicians, Songs, Will

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"We talk about theatre museums filled with old costumes and things. What we also need is a theatre museum of the old routines on videotape. We are only the custodians of those techniques, and they should be preserved."

"We talk about theatre museums filled with old costumes and things. What we also need is a theatre museum of the old routines on videotape. We are only the custodians of those techniques, and they should be preserved."

Jim Dale, British Musician

Museums, Old, Talk, Theatre

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"I was wildly out of style when that television theme song suddenly pushed its way onto the Top Ten. It was certainly not the record company trying to make that happen."

"I was wildly out of style when that television theme song suddenly pushed its way onto the Top Ten. It was certainly not the record company trying to make that happen."

John Sebastian, American Musician

Company, Song, Style, Television

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"My career decisions have nothing to do with my personal life."

"My career decisions have nothing to do with my personal life."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

Life, Career, Decisions, Nothing

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"There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist."

"There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

Artist, Choices

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"I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes."

"I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes."

Joanna Newsom, American Musician

Key, Play, Songs

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"I remember thinking during those times that I wanted to write in a way where there are no rules."

"I remember thinking during those times that I wanted to write in a way where there are no rules."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

Rules, Thinking

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"They did it to try and belittle me, to try and to take away my pride. But I went through the whole system with them. And at the end, I - I wanted the public to know that I was okay, even though I was hurting."

"They did it to try and belittle me, to try and to take away my pride. But I went through the whole system with them. And at the end, I - I wanted the public to know that I was okay, even though I was hurting."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

End, Pride, Public

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"The thing with me, I can't talk about my work. I find it very difficult."

"The thing with me, I can't talk about my work. I find it very difficult."

Mark E. Smith, English Musician

20

"Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion."

"Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion."

Eminem, American Musician

Life, Home, Fantasy, Living

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"I'm just as sick as the others, although I prefer to do my sickness in private."

"I'm just as sick as the others, although I prefer to do my sickness in private."

Mick Mars, American Musician

20

"No, we've been performing our old songs a little differently each performance."

"No, we've been performing our old songs a little differently each performance."

Fred Schneider, American Musician

Performance, Old, Songs

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"Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer."

"Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer."

Gregg Allman, American Musician

20

"There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair."

"There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair."

Brian May, English Musician

20

"People do not retire. They are retired by others."

"People do not retire. They are retired by others."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

20

"It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin."

"It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin."

Elliott Smith, American Musician

Quit, Quitting, Right

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"I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow."

"I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

Clothes, Tomorrow, Treasure

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"We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship."

"We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship."

John Lennon, English Musician

20

"I'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John's. They were not written for solo guitar but a lot of them were easy to adapt."

"I'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John's. They were not written for solo guitar but a lot of them were easy to adapt."

Marc Ribot, American Musician

20

"We came off the road of the last tour very inspired to just keep playing, so we went to Canada."

"We came off the road of the last tour very inspired to just keep playing, so we went to Canada."

Billy Sherwood, American Musician

20

"Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young."

"Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

Being, Famous, Fate, Want

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"I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line."

"I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Training, Wrong

20

"I like to play golf. I like to shoot hoops."

"I like to play golf. I like to shoot hoops."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

20

"There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state."

"There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state."

Stephan Jenkins, American Musician

20

"I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and someone who went on to join The Cure. That was all in one class of 30 kids."

"I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and someone who went on to join The Cure. That was all in one class of 30 kids."

Alison Moyet, British Musician

Class, Cure, Kids, School

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"Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners."

"Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

People, Difference

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