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Quotes by Musician

"I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked."
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Tori Amos
"I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked."
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"So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it."
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Jackson Browne
"So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it."
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"I am always trying to write."
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Joanna Newsom
"I am always trying to write."
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"I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction."
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Bobby Darin
"I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction."
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"I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come."
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Paula Cole
"I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come."
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"I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing."
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Kate Smith
"I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing."
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"I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night."
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Buddy Rich
"I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night."
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"I don't like to dwell on the past."
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Tina Turner
"I don't like to dwell on the past."
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"Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises."
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Johnny Rotten
"Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises."
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"I really, really like writing songs."
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Debbie Harry
"I really, really like writing songs."
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"When I look out at the people and they look at me and they're smiling, then I know that I'm loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems."
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Etta James
"When I look out at the people and they look at me and they're smiling, then I know that I'm loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems."
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"Money just draws flies."
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Mahalia Jackson
"Money just draws flies."
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"I bought an espresso maker and coffee maker and make them myself every day."
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Utada Hikaru
"I bought an espresso maker and coffee maker and make them myself every day."
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"Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind."
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Mick Jagger
"Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind."
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"I am consciously not trying to bring in World Music elements. The ways that I work and feel are completely different in how they sound than someone playing the Kora in Africa would play it."
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Joanna Newsom
"I am consciously not trying to bring in World Music elements. The ways that I work and feel are completely different in how they sound than someone playing the Kora in Africa would play it."
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"We seem to somewhat be behind an eight ball, and what I mean by that is we're constantly waiting for a call from Neil as to whether he wants to do CSNY."
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Graham Nash
"We seem to somewhat be behind an eight ball, and what I mean by that is we're constantly waiting for a call from Neil as to whether he wants to do CSNY."
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"Do not be afraid to be you. Because that is your greatest gift."
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Lady Gaga
"Do not be afraid to be you. Because that is your greatest gift."
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"I'm always saying something about art and music and fame. That's why you don't ever catch me in a T-shirt unless I'm in bed."
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Lady Gaga
"I'm always saying something about art and music and fame. That's why you don't ever catch me in a T-shirt unless I'm in bed."
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"So to make those checks better, I used to steal lollipops and sell them at school - but I got caught."
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Method Man
"So to make those checks better, I used to steal lollipops and sell them at school - but I got caught."
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"At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection."
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Lee Greenwood
"At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection."
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"I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five."
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Mick Jagger
"I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five."
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"I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivational. I like old heavy metal when I'm outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me."
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Peter Steele
"I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivational. I like old heavy metal when I'm outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me."
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"My secrets must be poetic to be believable."
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Mick Jagger
"My secrets must be poetic to be believable."
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"We don't have a lot of neighbors so we can blast the stereo."
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Lita Ford
"We don't have a lot of neighbors so we can blast the stereo."
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"I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots."
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Wynonna Judd
"I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots."
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"Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking."
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Mahalia Jackson
"Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking."
God,
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"And we used to do a lot of drugs and get very drunk on very cheap wine."
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Santiago Durango
"And we used to do a lot of drugs and get very drunk on very cheap wine."
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"I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same."
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Angus Young
"I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same."
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"They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade."
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Keith Emerson
"They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade."
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"I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got."
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Stan Getz
"I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got."
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"Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too."
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Warren Zevon
"Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too."
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"I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition."
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Loretta Lynn
"I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition."
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"I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me."
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Paula Cole
"I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me."
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"The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole studio onto the stage."
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Laurie Anderson
"The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole studio onto the stage."
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"They taught me different was wrong."
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Ani DiFranco
"They taught me different was wrong."
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"I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me."
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GG Allin
"I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me."
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"Our ages ranged from 22, down to 18, and we had a 6 month contract to go to Bogata, Columbia. And of course, it was during the depression, we were still with our parents, and things were still pretty tough on them back in the United States."
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Martin Denny
"Our ages ranged from 22, down to 18, and we had a 6 month contract to go to Bogata, Columbia. And of course, it was during the depression, we were still with our parents, and things were still pretty tough on them back in the United States."
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"I love being in a band. I love that collaborative spirit, although some would suggest that I don't get involved in the collaborative spirit, but it's not true."
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Trevor Rabin
"I love being in a band. I love that collaborative spirit, although some would suggest that I don't get involved in the collaborative spirit, but it's not true."
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"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
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Stevie Wonder
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
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"I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love."
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Tina Turner
"I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love."
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"I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet."
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Iggy Pop
"I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet."
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"I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation."
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Billy Sherwood
"I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation."
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"I think that's one of the things that has always put me in kind of an odd niche. It's that all of my understanding of orchestral music is via film, not via classical music like it's supposed to be. To me it's the same, it doesn't make any difference."
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Danny Elfman
"I think that's one of the things that has always put me in kind of an odd niche. It's that all of my understanding of orchestral music is via film, not via classical music like it's supposed to be. To me it's the same, it doesn't make any difference."
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"We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves."
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Sarah McLachlan
"We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves."
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"After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz."
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Robert Quine
"After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz."
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"Perhaps it's more merciful to forget the dead instead of remembering them."
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Jose Bergaman
"Perhaps it's more merciful to forget the dead instead of remembering them."
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"That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are."
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Terri Clark
"That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are."
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"But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking."
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Rick Allen
"But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking."
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"I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them."
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John Lee Hooker
"I do benefits. I do them all the time. There's so many people out there that needs help that I can't say I won't help them."
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"My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am."
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Justin Timberlake
"My biggest challenge was to make sure that the songs I did were who I am."
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