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Quotes by Musician
"We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don't have the money."
172
"For me, I can only do that from my own experience with people I've known and things that I've lived and experienced. That's what good pop music is all about, pop music that does reach out to people. It's very personalized and very real, honest and sincere."
172
"They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel."
171
"When we came up with titles like Ready or Not, that's how we really felt."
171
"There's always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it's good. It's good. It's been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great."
170
"I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been."
170
"This rock thing got in the way of my teaching career."
170
"I just lived it and did my own thing without looking over my shoulder. I think I'm very lucky, considering when I started everything, and the fact that I have a masters in music, and I've always worked in music, and that's what I wanted to do."
170
"So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time."
170
"Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more."
170
"I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge."
170
"I had a vision how it should sound and I put all my knowledge into this product and it is a fantastic product. People still tell me that I have the best musical thing there."
169
"Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together."
169
"What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans and Cuba, I mean, they had ferries that would go from one port to another."
169
"Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation."
169
"It's a non-stop invention, this game of life, and as soon as you think you've got it, you lose it."
168
"I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians."
168
"When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time."
168
"When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!"
167
"This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy."
167
"Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music."
167
"It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it."
167
"I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me."
166
"I have never gone out of fashion. And do you know why? Because I never sought it. When you don't seek it, it's always with you."
166
"In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously."
166
"I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece."
165
"Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity."
165
"The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone."
165
"People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being."
165
"It was all recorded and mixed and there's more continuity in it more direction."
164
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