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"I think Stevie Wonder could sing the phone book and manage to make me cry."

"I think Stevie Wonder could sing the phone book and manage to make me cry."

Brad Delp, American Musician

19

"Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium."

"Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

19

"I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!"

"I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!"

Elaine Paige, English Musician

Applause, Community, First, Theatre

19

"You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited."

"You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited."

Lisa Loeb, American Musician

19

"Buzzwords and cliches - those are stock in trade. There's nothing wrong with them."

"Buzzwords and cliches - those are stock in trade. There's nothing wrong with them."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

Cliches, Nothing, Trade, Wrong

19

"I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs."

"I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs."

Barry Mann, American Musician

Time, Months, Songs

19

"Honesty is something you can't wear out."

"Honesty is something you can't wear out."

Waylon Jennings, American Musician

19

"Even the Beatles lived their lives as a soap opera."

"Even the Beatles lived their lives as a soap opera."

Chris Lowe, English Musician

19

"But if we get to the point where more people do not believe in a God than who do believe in God, we will have a hollow legal system - we will have something without heart."

"But if we get to the point where more people do not believe in a God than who do believe in God, we will have a hollow legal system - we will have something without heart."

Lee Greenwood, American Musician

Legal, God, People, Heart

19

"I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did."

"I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Mother, Mothers, Old

19

"I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though this interview is making me mighty thirsty."

"I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though this interview is making me mighty thirsty."

Dan Hicks, American Musician

Drink, Drinking, Mind, Now, Years

19

"It's obvious that they're going to want Ali's daughter and Frazier's daughter to fight it out."

"It's obvious that they're going to want Ali's daughter and Frazier's daughter to fight it out."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

Daughter, Fight, Obvious, Want

19

"It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair."

"It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair."

Nile Rodgers, American Musician

People, Artists, First, Job

19

"Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life."

"Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

Life, Decisions, Pretty

19

"It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that."

"It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that."

Lesley Garrett, English Musician

Fame, Fortune, Training

19

"It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music."

"It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music."

Dwight Yoakam, American Musician

Music, Validity

19

"We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation."

"We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation."

Art Garfunkel, American Musician

Appreciation, Song

19

"I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth."

"I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth."

Ace Frehley, American Musician

Father, Dad, Kiss, Daughter, Earth

19

"Sometimes we need help from a god."

"Sometimes we need help from a god."

Tina Turner, American Musician

19

"When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical."

"When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical."

Nick Lowe, English Musician

19

"A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding."

"A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

19

"I am a thing of beauty."

"I am a thing of beauty."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

19

"Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world."

"Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world."

Peter Garrett, Australian Musician

Sense, Senses, World

19

"I have no inflated ideas about success anyway."

"I have no inflated ideas about success anyway."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

19

"To me, Sabbath was always JUSt a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier."

"To me, Sabbath was always JUSt a really heavy blues band. That s all we were. We just took those blues roots and made them heavier."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

19

"I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend."

"I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Business, Music

19

"What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him."

"What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him."

Thomas Perry, German Musician

19

"I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world."

"I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

Pressure, Self, Sense, Songs

19

"Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong."

"Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong."

Ben Folds, American Musician

Wife, Day, Man, Old

19

"We were interested in this notion of compression- a lot of the songs were really short so that you'd absorb them in memory rather than when you're actually hearing them."

"We were interested in this notion of compression- a lot of the songs were really short so that you'd absorb them in memory rather than when you're actually hearing them."

Arto Lindsay, American Musician

Hearing, Memory, Songs

19

"In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious."

"In Buddhism there are words you can say... as you say the words with rhythm the conscious tells the subconscious."

Tina Turner, American Musician

Buddhism, Words

19

"For me, music and life are all about style."

"For me, music and life are all about style."

Miles Davis, American Musician

Life, Music, Style

19

"About two months ago I finished a gospel tour."

"About two months ago I finished a gospel tour."

Cliff Richard, English Musician

19

"I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy. I don't party like I used to."

"I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy. I don't party like I used to."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

19

"We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again."

"We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again."

Quincy Jones, American Musician

Time, Care, Years

19

"Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist."

"Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist."

Bono, Irish Musician

Brother, Church, Being, Conscience

19

"When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins."

"When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

First, Listening

19

"I did mostly good things, except light things on fire."

"I did mostly good things, except light things on fire."

Mark Hoppus, American Musician

19

"In the last century, everybody was singing lower."

"In the last century, everybody was singing lower."

Placido Domingo, Spanish Musician

19

"If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!"

"If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!"

Tom T. Hall, American Musician

19

"I still don't know anything about drugs, or who takes them, or what happens."

"I still don't know anything about drugs, or who takes them, or what happens."

Michael Giles, English Musician

19

"Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you'd knew Michael, you would know he didn't agree to the album cover either. So maybe Michael didn't agree to the point of definition with many things."

"Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you'd knew Michael, you would know he didn't agree to the album cover either. So maybe Michael didn't agree to the point of definition with many things."

Robert Fripp, English Musician

19

"I believe that every person has uniqueness - something that nobody else has."

"I believe that every person has uniqueness - something that nobody else has."

Michael Schenker, German Musician

19

"I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother."

"I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother."

Karen Carpenter, American Musician

19

"Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge."

"Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge."

Don Henley, American Musician

19

"I have tried sex with both men and women. I found I liked it."

"I have tried sex with both men and women. I found I liked it."

Dusty Springfield, British Musician

Men, Women, Sex

19

"A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself."

"A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself."

Dorothy Fields, American Musician

19

"Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes."

"Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes."

Tom Cochrane, Canadian Musician

Life, Failure, Betrayal, Compromise

19

"But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good."

"But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good."

Dweezil Zappa, American Musician

Guitar, Reality, Right, Song

19

"I'm quite obviously not the world's most handsome man - I'm the second world's most handsome man!"

"I'm quite obviously not the world's most handsome man - I'm the second world's most handsome man!"

Robbie Williams, British Musician

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