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"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."
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Freddy Fender
"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."
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"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."
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Allan Sherman
"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."
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"Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you."
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Tom Lehrer
"Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you."
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"My strength is my enthusiasm."
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Placido Domingo
"My strength is my enthusiasm."
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"I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they did. They went shopping for me, so the clothes are different too. It wasn't like Extreme Makeover where I got a nose job or anything."
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Clay Aiken
"I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they did. They went shopping for me, so the clothes are different too. It wasn't like Extreme Makeover where I got a nose job or anything."
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"I'm lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry."
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Sean Lennon
"I'm lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry."
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"There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to get out of it by deliberately getting in trouble and playing yourself into a corner to then see if you can get out of it."
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Leo Kottke
"There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to get out of it by deliberately getting in trouble and playing yourself into a corner to then see if you can get out of it."
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"I never liked mellow sounding guitar."
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Tom Verlaine
"I never liked mellow sounding guitar."
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"I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?"
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Adam Ant
"I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?"
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"I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people."
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Syd Barrett
"I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people."
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"Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep with 5 groupies at once. But I was interviewed about 45 times in 5 days in 3 cities."
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Tony Visconti
"Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep with 5 groupies at once. But I was interviewed about 45 times in 5 days in 3 cities."
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"The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not have expected to be, but you know how you got here: Next!"
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Peter Garrett
"The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not have expected to be, but you know how you got here: Next!"
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"We're gonna totally sell out and try to dominate the world."
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Wes Borland
"We're gonna totally sell out and try to dominate the world."
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"My parents really encouraged me."
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Randy Castillo
"My parents really encouraged me."
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"I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I'm certainly not denying that I'm young, but I'm not fluff."
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Jessica Simpson
"I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I'm certainly not denying that I'm young, but I'm not fluff."
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"We were perceived as a post-grunge band."
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Daniel Johns
"We were perceived as a post-grunge band."
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"Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed."
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Sheena Easton
"Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed."
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"I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape."
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Thom Yorke
"I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape."
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"Architecture theory is very interesting."
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David Byrne
"Architecture theory is very interesting."
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"My drum sticks are in the "Hall of Fame." I know that."
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Jimmy Carl Black
"My drum sticks are in the "Hall of Fame." I know that."
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"When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week."
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Alex Lifeson
"When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week."
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"Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing."
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Jan Garbarek
"Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing."
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"Singing becomes a form of therapy."
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Placido Domingo
"Singing becomes a form of therapy."
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"I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues."
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Duke Ellington
"I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues."
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"The sky's the limit if you have a roof over your head."
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Sol Hurok
"The sky's the limit if you have a roof over your head."
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"Actually, no, because awards don't spark sales as much as you'd think."
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Chantal Kreviazuk
"Actually, no, because awards don't spark sales as much as you'd think."
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"In the Chili Peppers I'm a part of that world in a pretty big world and that's just the way it is."
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John Frusciante
"In the Chili Peppers I'm a part of that world in a pretty big world and that's just the way it is."
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"Freddie and Brian tend to write the majority of the material."
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John Deacon
"Freddie and Brian tend to write the majority of the material."
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"I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters."
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Jello Biafra
"I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters."
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"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."
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Elvis Presley
"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."
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"The worst crime is faking it."
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Kurt Cobain
"The worst crime is faking it."
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"You can learn so much just by doing, not by listening to anybody."
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Juliana Hatfield
"You can learn so much just by doing, not by listening to anybody."
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"When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around."
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Sting
"When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around."
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"As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself."
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John Fahey
"As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself."
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"Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well."
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Ice T
"Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well."
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"None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. We're in the middle."
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Daniel Johns
"None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. We're in the middle."
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"The Druids held the trees as very sacred."
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Enya
"The Druids held the trees as very sacred."
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"I really do believe in the influence of your surroundings."
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Matt Sharp
"I really do believe in the influence of your surroundings."
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"I am now a turtle. Virtually everything I own is on my back and suffice it to say I am one ton lighter and therefore 2,000 pounds happier. All houses are gone."
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Bobby Darin
"I am now a turtle. Virtually everything I own is on my back and suffice it to say I am one ton lighter and therefore 2,000 pounds happier. All houses are gone."
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"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."
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Duke Ellington
"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."
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"I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'"
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Count Basie
"I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, 'Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here.'"
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"We met The Cult and were talking to them for a while. We went a few places with Offspring."
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Daniel Johns
"We met The Cult and were talking to them for a while. We went a few places with Offspring."
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"Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists."
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Michael Jackson
"Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists."
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"If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician."
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Buddy Rich
"If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician."
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"I don't want to die an old lady."
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Edith Piaf
"I don't want to die an old lady."
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"All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds."
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Marc Bolan
"All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds."
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"Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor - I had to wait about another six years before I finally got around to quitting that. I'm sure glad I did."
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Alex Chilton
"Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor - I had to wait about another six years before I finally got around to quitting that. I'm sure glad I did."
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"What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops."
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Chubby Checker
"What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops."
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"I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out."
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Ethel Waters
"I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out."
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"We used to play in a theater club in London called The King's Head. When the theater let nut, around 10:00 P.M., we'd be ready to go and really get it on for about an hour or so."
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Mark Knopfler
"We used to play in a theater club in London called The King's Head. When the theater let nut, around 10:00 P.M., we'd be ready to go and really get it on for about an hour or so."
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