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"It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys."

"It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys."

Brad Paisley, American Musician

Positive, Building, Road, World

20

"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

"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

20

"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

20

"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

20

"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

20

"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

20

"I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful."

"I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful."

Gary Kemp, British Musician

20

"A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra."

"A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra."

Michael Bolton, American Musician

20

"I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."

"I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

20

"The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks."

"The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

God, Devil, Old, Trying

20

"A musical would be fantastic. The soundtrack would be great and I'd like to do acting."

"A musical would be fantastic. The soundtrack would be great and I'd like to do acting."

Melanie Chisholm, English Musician

20

"I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?"

"I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?"

Willie Nelson, American Musician

Government, God, People, Fact

20

"Sometimes that is why you might even stay in the bathroom for even half an hour, making that water running all over, just singing."

"Sometimes that is why you might even stay in the bathroom for even half an hour, making that water running all over, just singing."

Dennis Brown, American Musician

Running, Singing, Water

20

"With the war and everything that's going on, unless you're Susan Sarandon, the best route is to keep your mouth shut. For me it is, anyway!"

"With the war and everything that's going on, unless you're Susan Sarandon, the best route is to keep your mouth shut. For me it is, anyway!"

Robbie Williams, British Musician

20

"When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers."

"When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

Career, Songs, Will, Writing

20

"I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on."

"I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on."

Celine Dion, Canadian Musician

20

"I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get."

"I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get."

Marian McPartland, English Musician

20

"Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts."

"Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts."

Mick Jagger, English Musician

Patriotism, War

20

"When we started there was this element of these experiments we were doing where we weren't really sure how the music would play out because the music was all on different players."

"When we started there was this element of these experiments we were doing where we weren't really sure how the music would play out because the music was all on different players."

Wayne Coyne, American Musician

20

"Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found."

"Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found."

Eminem, American Musician

20

"Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me."

"Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me."

Little Richard, American Musician

Mother, Attention, Company

20

"Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily."

"Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

Government, History, People, Control

20

"I don't know if it was the whole audience getting stoned out of their minds getting ready for the Floyd thing or what it was, but it was like playing to a painting."

"I don't know if it was the whole audience getting stoned out of their minds getting ready for the Floyd thing or what it was, but it was like playing to a painting."

Les Claypool, American Musician

20

"Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it's much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on."

"Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it's much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on."

George Shearing, British Musician

Harmony, Laws, Mind, Play

20

"I kill myself for my body."

"I kill myself for my body."

Cher, American Musician

20

"Christianity made us think there's one heaven."

"Christianity made us think there's one heaven."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Christianity, Heaven

20

"We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us."

"We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us."

Jerry Garcia, American Musician

Business, Music, Success, Past

20

"I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference."

"I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference."

Marilyn Manson, American Musician

20

"I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself."

"I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself."

Michael Schenker, German Musician

20

"It is not a mystical thing, however, it is obvious and practical and I think that what the performer does is to try to get to that point with every choice you make from the phrasing in a tune to the choice of tunes."

"It is not a mystical thing, however, it is obvious and practical and I think that what the performer does is to try to get to that point with every choice you make from the phrasing in a tune to the choice of tunes."

Leo Kottke, American Musician

Choice, Obvious

20

"I don't want to live on past records."

"I don't want to live on past records."

Barry Gibb, English Musician

20

"Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things."

"Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things."

Elvis Costello, British Musician

Personality, Will

20

"I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music."

"I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

Music, People, Care, Challenge

20

"Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier."

"Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Life, Success, Living, Trying

20

"My lips are big, but my talent is bigger."

"My lips are big, but my talent is bigger."

Fantasia Barrino, American Musician

20

"It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham."

"It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

20

"Jazz is about being in the moment."

"Jazz is about being in the moment."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

20

"There are so many questions to be answered and so many personal compliments that we appreciate so very much."

"There are so many questions to be answered and so many personal compliments that we appreciate so very much."

Eydie Gorme, American Musician

Compliment, Compliments, Questions

20

"I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money."

"I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Money, Ballads, Now, Singing

20

"I never really paid attention to sales until the second record."

"I never really paid attention to sales until the second record."

Daniel Johns, Australian Musician

Attention, Sales

20

"I'm a romantic, and we romantics are more sensitive to the way people feel. We love more, and we hurt more. When we're hurt, we hurt for a long time."

"I'm a romantic, and we romantics are more sensitive to the way people feel. We love more, and we hurt more. When we're hurt, we hurt for a long time."

Freddy Fender, American Musician

Love, Time, People, Hurt

20

"They sit there in committees day after day, And they each put in a color and it comes out gray. And we all have heard the saying, which is true as well as witty, That a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee."

"They sit there in committees day after day, And they each put in a color and it comes out gray. And we all have heard the saying, which is true as well as witty, That a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee."

Allan Sherman, American Musician

Committee, Day, Saying, Witty

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