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"At this point, because we have stayed the same course for so many years, I feel like we are freer to make choices that are motivated by what feels right creatively at a given point in time."

"At this point, because we have stayed the same course for so many years, I feel like we are freer to make choices that are motivated by what feels right creatively at a given point in time."

Mike McCready, American Musician

Time, Choices, Right, Years

20

"I don't really care about, Oh I really have to sell these things."

"I don't really care about, Oh I really have to sell these things."

Thurston Moore, American Musician

20

"Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense."

"Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense."

Jason Mraz, American Musician

20

"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."

"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity."

Charles Mingus, American Musician

20

"I am the most well-known homosexual in the world."

"I am the most well-known homosexual in the world."

Elton John, English Musician

20

"It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do."

"It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do."

Quincy Jones, American Musician

20

"I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich."

"I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich."

Vivian Campbell, Irish Musician

Interest, Obvious, Republican, Vote

20

"Music is the best way for me to say I love you."

"Music is the best way for me to say I love you."

Mireille Mathieu, French Musician

20

"I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line."

"I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

20

"The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about!"

"The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about!"

Layne Staley, American Musician

Music, Songs, Thinking

20

"I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked."

"I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked."

Tori Amos, American Musician

Time, Food, Feet, First

20

"I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all."

"I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all."

Geri Halliwell, British Musician

Music, Song, World

20

"I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there."

"I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there."

Charlie Rich, American Musician

Change, Music, Country, Country music

20

"But I had two very special people who helped to take my style to the next level. Thank God for my first MC Cowboy and my first student Grand Wizard Theodore, and to go out after creating this art form and finding everyone jamming to it - that too was pretty scary."

"But I had two very special people who helped to take my style to the next level. Thank God for my first MC Cowboy and my first student Grand Wizard Theodore, and to go out after creating this art form and finding everyone jamming to it - that too was pretty scary."

Grandmaster Flash, American Musician

Art, God, People, First

20

"Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit."

"Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Time, Habit, Attention, Open

20

"I didn't just want to be Frank's daughter who sang Boots. I take my music very seriously and studied very hard. It's not a joke to me."

"I didn't just want to be Frank's daughter who sang Boots. I take my music very seriously and studied very hard. It's not a joke to me."

Nancy Sinatra, American Musician

Music, Daughter, Want

20

"I always enjoyed doing transgender songs."

"I always enjoyed doing transgender songs."

Patti Smith, American Musician

20

"I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful."

"I grew up in a time when being a musician and learning to be a musician was actually very wonderful."

Bobby McFerrin, American Musician

Time, Being, Learning

20

"You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others."

"You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others."

Steve Lacy, American Musician

20

"The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2."

"The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

Artist, Artists, Press, Will

20

"Putting a stamp on things just helps you say, 'Hey, yesterday I was there, and today I'm here.' It's another step forward, and it feels like another turning point and an unleashing of creativity, and now I'm going to start focusing on the show and the production, the fun stuff that comes with it."

"Putting a stamp on things just helps you say, 'Hey, yesterday I was there, and today I'm here.' It's another step forward, and it feels like another turning point and an unleashing of creativity, and now I'm going to start focusing on the show and the production, the fun stuff that comes with it."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

Creativity, Fun, Now, Production

20

"If you kiss on the first date and it's not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it's better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else."

"If you kiss on the first date and it's not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it's better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else."

Jennifer Lopez, American Musician

Time, Kiss, Being, First

20

"I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come."

"I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come."

Paula Cole, American Musician

Hope, Artists, Future

20

"Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive."

"Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive."

Alfredo Kraus, Spanish Musician

20

"As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films."

"As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films."

Johnny Ramone, American Musician

Favorite, Film, Hollywood, Horror

20

"Why can't you share your bed? The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone. It's very charming. It's very sweet. It's what the whole world should do."

"Why can't you share your bed? The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone. It's very charming. It's very sweet. It's what the whole world should do."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

20

"I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart."

"I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart."

Lee Konitz, American Musician

Car, Europe, Night, Traveling

20

"I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing."

"I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing."

Enya, Irish Musician

Dogs, Pets, Security

20

"Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong."

"Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

Accident, Present, Wrong

20

"Success is like winning the sweepstakes or getting killed in an automobile crash. It always happens to somebody else."

"Success is like winning the sweepstakes or getting killed in an automobile crash. It always happens to somebody else."

Allan Sherman, American Musician

Success, Winning

20

"Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal."

"Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal."

Ray Charles, American Musician

Music, Time, Want

20

"It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are that loyal."

"It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are that loyal."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

20

"Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened."

"Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened."

Archie Shepp, American Musician

Music, Idea, Culture, Nothing

20

"I prefer to sing in the shower 'cause the acoustics are really, really good, I mean, when you're singing against the tile walls then you really hear yourself, hear your voice, you know, throwing itself back at you."

"I prefer to sing in the shower 'cause the acoustics are really, really good, I mean, when you're singing against the tile walls then you really hear yourself, hear your voice, you know, throwing itself back at you."

Thia Megia, American Musician

20

"Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights."

"Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights."

Bjorn Ulvaeus, Swedish Musician

Rights, Human rights, Variety, Worth

20

"Maybe I should quit the business. There's no one left for me to love. Mama's dead. Mr. Burns couldn't care less about me. What's left?"

"Maybe I should quit the business. There's no one left for me to love. Mama's dead. Mr. Burns couldn't care less about me. What's left?"

Bobby Darin, American Musician

Business, Love, Care

20

"Racism is essentially natural, it's old fashioned it's an evolutionary phase that we're going through. Ultimately it wont exist."

"Racism is essentially natural, it's old fashioned it's an evolutionary phase that we're going through. Ultimately it wont exist."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

20

"Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something."

"Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something."

Joshua Homme, American Musician

20

"So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now."

"So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now."

Matt Cameron, American Musician

20

"Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good."

"Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

20

"I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be."

"I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

Mortality, Wonder, World

20

"Nothing could ever stop Kiss. I've seen the band in down times where critics were like vultures circling overhead saying things like, 'Well, you know it's the end of your career.'"

"Nothing could ever stop Kiss. I've seen the band in down times where critics were like vultures circling overhead saying things like, 'Well, you know it's the end of your career.'"

Paul Stanley, American Musician

Kiss, Career, End, Nothing

20

"In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you."

"In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

Awareness, Fact, First, Listening

20

"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde."

"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

20

"Nothing beats having this beautiful child look at me and say mum. I get soppy all the time."

"Nothing beats having this beautiful child look at me and say mum. I get soppy all the time."

Nicole Appleton, Canadian Musician

20

"Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn't touch me. It was infuriating to them."

"Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn't touch me. It was infuriating to them."

Mark Hoppus, American Musician

God, Thought, Fight, Girlfriends

20

"I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds."

"I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds."

Tommy Shaw, American Musician

Love, Idea, Expectations, Nothing

20

"I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to do with wanting to be like a German singer."

"I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to do with wanting to be like a German singer."

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Musician

20

"Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do."

"Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Heart, Favorite, Mind, Want

20

"Every single note on this album is there for a reason."

"Every single note on this album is there for a reason."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

20

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