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"I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to."
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Buddy Guy
"I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to."
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"I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity."
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Richard Marx
"I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity."
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"We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage."
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Ivor Novello
"We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage."
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"I am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music."
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Joanna Newsom
"I am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music."
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"It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice."
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Jim Morrison
"It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice."
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"We're gonna totally sell out and try to dominate the world."
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Wes Borland
"We're gonna totally sell out and try to dominate the world."
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"Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing."
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Talib Kweli
"Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing."
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"The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album."
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Natalie Imbruglia
"The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album."
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"More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me."
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Elvis Presley
"More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me."
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"We were concerned with having good songs, not just songs that go two hundred miles per hour."
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Travis Barker
"We were concerned with having good songs, not just songs that go two hundred miles per hour."
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"It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name."
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Dave Mustaine
"It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name."
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"As far as my street cred goes, I'll always have that, because I always hang with the kids. I'll jump right off the stage and buy them a beer. I'll be a star on stage, but I'll always hang with the kids."
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Kid Rock
"As far as my street cred goes, I'll always have that, because I always hang with the kids. I'll jump right off the stage and buy them a beer. I'll be a star on stage, but I'll always hang with the kids."
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"None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. We're in the middle."
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Daniel Johns
"None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. We're in the middle."
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"Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists."
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Paula Abdul
"Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists."
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"Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world."
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Peter Garrett
"Our senses convey that all is not well with the natural world."
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"If I decide to tour, I definitely would come to Washington, D.C. We'll see."
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Paula Abdul
"If I decide to tour, I definitely would come to Washington, D.C. We'll see."
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"I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me."
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Kurt Cobain
"I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me."
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"Things change when you give your life to serving God, and that can be scary."
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Michael W. Smith
"Things change when you give your life to serving God, and that can be scary."
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"Anyway, I collapsed in France in the middle of a tour. I hadn't been eating properly, I was getting very phobic about audiences, and I collapsed in pure fright."
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Andy Partridge
"Anyway, I collapsed in France in the middle of a tour. I hadn't been eating properly, I was getting very phobic about audiences, and I collapsed in pure fright."
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"I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon."
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George Michael
"I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon."
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"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."
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Robert Fripp
"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."
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"We used to play in a theater club in London called The King's Head. When the theater let nut, around 10:00 P.M., we'd be ready to go and really get it on for about an hour or so."
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Mark Knopfler
"We used to play in a theater club in London called The King's Head. When the theater let nut, around 10:00 P.M., we'd be ready to go and really get it on for about an hour or so."
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"The one thing about Billie is he will snap and rip your head off if you point anything out at all other than how beautiful he is and how nice he looks today."
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Tre Cool
"The one thing about Billie is he will snap and rip your head off if you point anything out at all other than how beautiful he is and how nice he looks today."
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"Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself."
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Josh Groban
"Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself."
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"I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge."
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Jennifer Lopez
"I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge."
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"We always work at least a month to six weeks before we go on the road, usually for something like eight to 12 hours a night. It took six weeks to do it this time. We just play virtually everything we know."
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Charlie Watts
"We always work at least a month to six weeks before we go on the road, usually for something like eight to 12 hours a night. It took six weeks to do it this time. We just play virtually everything we know."
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"I think homes should reflect the individuals and their individual taste rather than someone else's."
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Julie London
"I think homes should reflect the individuals and their individual taste rather than someone else's."
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"Music is like a huge release of tension."
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James Taylor
"Music is like a huge release of tension."
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"I like things that sound like maybe they shouldn't belong."
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Mary Timony
"I like things that sound like maybe they shouldn't belong."
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"And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where I feel I'm doing a clearer representation of the thing that I've been feeling inside me since I was four years old."
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John Frusciante
"And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where I feel I'm doing a clearer representation of the thing that I've been feeling inside me since I was four years old."
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"First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time."
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Jimmy Carl Black
"First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time."
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"That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing a drum beat, and a singer starts singing, what do you think the audience is going to do?"
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Charlie Hunter
"That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing a drum beat, and a singer starts singing, what do you think the audience is going to do?"
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"Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it."
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Marc Almond
"Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it."
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"My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have."
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Stephan Jenkins
"My music is so often like a lullaby I write to myself to make sense of things I can't tie together, or things I've lost, or things I'll never have."
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"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."
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Sheena Easton
"Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me."
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"We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States."
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Luther Allison
"We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States."
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"Haters keep on hating, cause somebody's gotta do it."
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Chris Brown
"Haters keep on hating, cause somebody's gotta do it."
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"Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!"
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Gavin Rossdale
"Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!"
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"I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James."
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John Fogerty
"I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James."
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"I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit."
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Travis Barker
"I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit."
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"It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance."
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Shania Twain
"It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance."
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"I'm still friends with all my exes, apart from my husbands."
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Cher
"I'm still friends with all my exes, apart from my husbands."
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"I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and how I wanted to play. I knew everything, it just had to be developed."
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Michael Schenker
"I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and how I wanted to play. I knew everything, it just had to be developed."
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"It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record."
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Vanessa Paradis
"It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record."
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"I'm quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music, sculpture, medicine or anything, have one primary concern - mankind."
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Chico Hamilton
"I'm quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music, sculpture, medicine or anything, have one primary concern - mankind."
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"It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots."
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Dan Fogelberg
"It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots."
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"My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away."
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Jerry Harrison
"My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away."
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"The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given."
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Thurston Moore
"The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given."
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"The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group."
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Bruce Johnston
"The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group."
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"I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn't have MTV, we didn't have television."
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Quincy Jones
"I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn't have MTV, we didn't have television."
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