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"I wish I knew what I know now before."

"I wish I knew what I know now before."

Rod Stewart, Scottish Musician

53

"I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences."

"I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences."

Peter Tosh, Jamaican Musician

Consequence, Consequences

53

"I used to be able to do the Chinese splits, where you open your legs sideways."

"I used to be able to do the Chinese splits, where you open your legs sideways."

Kylie Minogue, Australian Musician

53

"I've fancied other women, but I haven't done anything about it."

"I've fancied other women, but I haven't done anything about it."

Kylie Minogue, Australian Musician

53

"Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all."

"Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all."

Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician

Ambition, Mankind

53

"I am still simple, just as if I were beginning."

"I am still simple, just as if I were beginning."

Compay Segundo, Cuban Musician

53

"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."

"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."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

People, Opportunity, College, Now

53

"Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead."

"Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Nature, God, Church, America

53

"I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist."

"I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist."

Brandon Boyd, American Musician

53

"Women are always beautiful."

"Women are always beautiful."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

53

"I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer."

"I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

53

"I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms."

"I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Awareness, Being, School

53

"Writing music is just something that I was born to do."

"Writing music is just something that I was born to do."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

53

"I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I never got the sense that we really were Number 1 here in New York among the Latin crowds."

"I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I never got the sense that we really were Number 1 here in New York among the Latin crowds."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

Crowds, Pretty, Respect, Sense

53

"Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl."

"Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

53

"So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime."

"So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

53

"I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece."

"I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece."

Jan Garbarek, Norwegian Musician

52

"When you here a conjunto and you hear another conjunto, you think it's like a continuation of the first. It's all the same, same, same. There's no variety, just the same music."

"When you here a conjunto and you hear another conjunto, you think it's like a continuation of the first. It's all the same, same, same. There's no variety, just the same music."

Compay Segundo, Cuban Musician

Music, First, Variety

52

"That's me, man - I'm a lover not a fighter."

"That's me, man - I'm a lover not a fighter."

Wayne Wonder, Jamaican Musician

52

"US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan."

"US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan."

Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian Musician

Muslim, Want, Will, World

52

"Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry."

"Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

52

"There's nothing I'm doing these days that I ever thought I was gonna do."

"There's nothing I'm doing these days that I ever thought I was gonna do."

Meg White, American Musician

Thought, Nothing

52

"I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to."

"I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Woman, Women, Rights

52

"People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being."

"People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

People, Being, Credit

52

"There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything."

"There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

52

"The fans have been great to me. I don't think it's asking too much to have me sign something for them."

"The fans have been great to me. I don't think it's asking too much to have me sign something for them."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

52

"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."

"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."

John Lennon, English Musician

51

"I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance."

"I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

Society, Ignorance, Risk

51

"In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself."

"In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself."

Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese Musician

Music, Beginning

51

"Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and drums and guitar- we didn't make any records but we played a lot of different clubs in New York."

"Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and drums and guitar- we didn't make any records but we played a lot of different clubs in New York."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

Girls, Guitar, Sunset

51

"The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing."

"The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Music, Business, Reason

51

"So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America."

"So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

Music, America, Cities

51

"I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians."

"I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

People, Being, Influence, Musicians

51

"The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone."

"The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Music, Passion, Spontaneity

51

"My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs."

"My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Mother, Songs, Writing

51

"Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are."

"Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Self-Worth, Identity, Freedom, Authenticity

51

"Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like."

"Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Music, Romantic

51

"I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail."

"I'm one of those firm believers that good music will prevail."

Pras Michel, Haitian Musician

51

"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."

"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."

Frank Zappa, American Musician

Beer, Country, Football, Weapons

51

"My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words."

"My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Artist, Artists, Care, Fact, Reflection

51

"I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same."

"I'm a virgin and I brought up all my children to be the same."

Shirley Bassey, Welsh Musician

50

"If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it."

"If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

50

"I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia."

"I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

American, Trying

50

"So you see, movies are really another dimension."

"So you see, movies are really another dimension."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

50

"I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith."

"I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith."

Peter Garrett, Australian Musician

50

"Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country."

"Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

Change, Country

50

"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."

"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."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

50

"Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style."

"Sometimes I'd hear things on other people's records and I say I wanted it on my records, but Leslie Kong said, no, it wasn't right and that it wasn't my style."

Desmond Dekker, Jamaican Musician

People, Right, Style

50

"I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys."

"I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys."

Bob Seger, American Musician

50

"Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen."

"Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Music, Emotions

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