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"But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked."

"But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

President, states, United

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"I don't like fashion. It's very heartless."

"I don't like fashion. It's very heartless."

Paul Simon, American Musician

19

"Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me."

"Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

19

"Our industry is full of all sorts of eccentricities and one of them is owning property."

"Our industry is full of all sorts of eccentricities and one of them is owning property."

Cliff Richard, English Musician

19

"George Burns was the father I never had."

"George Burns was the father I never had."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

19

"The Doors were never that good as musicians."

"The Doors were never that good as musicians."

Ray Manzarek, American Musician

19

"Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world."

"Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Change, Kindness, Today, World

19

"The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique."

"The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique."

Ric Ocasek, American Musician

Society, People

19

"I was always talking about what I could and would do, and you would always make rhymes about the competion even though we werent thinking about competition."

"I was always talking about what I could and would do, and you would always make rhymes about the competion even though we werent thinking about competition."

Kool Moe Dee, American Musician

Competition, Talking, Thinking

19

"Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person."

"Yeah, I did see where the people dissing me were coming from. But, it's like, anything that happened in the past between black and white, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there. I don't feel like me being born the color I am makes me any less of a person."

Eminem, American Musician

People, Being, Past

19

"Therapy can help you grow. Fears will just disappear."

"Therapy can help you grow. Fears will just disappear."

Stephanie Mills, American Musician

Help, Therapy, Will

19

"Most performers don't admit this, because it sounds negative and performers are not supposed to be negative, but when I was on the road, I was lonely."

"Most performers don't admit this, because it sounds negative and performers are not supposed to be negative, but when I was on the road, I was lonely."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

Negative, Lonely, Road

19

"It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward."

"It's hard to avoid the past but one goes forward."

Andy Summers, English Musician

19

"I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. That's what I do, too, so I think that's a great comparison."

"I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. That's what I do, too, so I think that's a great comparison."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Thought, Emotion, Help, Holiday

19

"When it comes to music, we live in a very different world than everyone did in the 1960s and 1970s."

"When it comes to music, we live in a very different world than everyone did in the 1960s and 1970s."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

19

"I know that we're being inexorably taken over by the Americans. Without a doubt. I don't mean invaded or anything like that, just taken over. By degrees."

"I know that we're being inexorably taken over by the Americans. Without a doubt. I don't mean invaded or anything like that, just taken over. By degrees."

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Musician

American, Americans, Being, Doubt

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"You tell me one other person that graduated from Yale that is as inarticulate as Bush. Yale's a great school, and here's this idiot."

"You tell me one other person that graduated from Yale that is as inarticulate as Bush. Yale's a great school, and here's this idiot."

Al Jourgensen, Cuban Musician

19

"The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army."

"The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Movies, Thought, Army, First

19

"My songs are my kids. Some of them stay with me, some others I have to send out, out to the war. It might sound stupid and it might even sound naive, but that's just the way it is."

"My songs are my kids. Some of them stay with me, some others I have to send out, out to the war. It might sound stupid and it might even sound naive, but that's just the way it is."

Thom Yorke, English Musician

War, Kids, Songs, Sound

19

"Oh, it was so hard to leave Paris, just about my favorite city in the world."

"Oh, it was so hard to leave Paris, just about my favorite city in the world."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Favorite, Paris, World

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"Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable."

"Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable."

Grace Slick, American Musician

Music, Universe

19

"This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York Island. From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me."

"This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York Island. From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me."

Woody Guthrie, American Musician

19

"I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence."

"I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

Music, Confidence, Friends, Pretty

19

"I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in one take. You had to be in good shape with Gene Kelly."

"I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in one take. You had to be in good shape with Gene Kelly."

Donald O'Connor, American Musician

Time, Day, Now, Pretty

19

"When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn't there."

"When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn't there."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Time, Musicians

19

"I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever."

"I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever."

Sean Lennon, American Musician

Film, Future, Now, Years

19

"I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk."

"I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk."

Joshua Homme, American Musician

19

"You could live in Winnipeg a thousand years and not meet Ringo, Paul McCartney, or Bob Dylan."

"You could live in Winnipeg a thousand years and not meet Ringo, Paul McCartney, or Bob Dylan."

Burton Cummings, Canadian Musician

19

"Can't really despise people you don't know."

"Can't really despise people you don't know."

Richard D. James, English Musician

19

"It just feels like Erwin and me... even at night I don't feel I have to look pretty in bed."

"It just feels like Erwin and me... even at night I don't feel I have to look pretty in bed."

Tina Turner, American Musician

Bed, Night, Pretty

19

"Thats why my biggest problems were with LL and Run."

"Thats why my biggest problems were with LL and Run."

Kool Moe Dee, American Musician

19

"Of course, we wrote the songs accordingly and performed and recorded them that way. At that time, we really thought it was right, but you know, seen in retrospect, it made the album sound forced, and not really great."

"Of course, we wrote the songs accordingly and performed and recorded them that way. At that time, we really thought it was right, but you know, seen in retrospect, it made the album sound forced, and not really great."

Mark McGrath, American Musician

Time, Thought, Right, Songs

19

"I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody."

"I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody."

Carly Simon, American Musician

19

"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."

"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."

John Lennon, English Musician

19

"This administration affects the everyday life of the common person."

"This administration affects the everyday life of the common person."

Al Jourgensen, Cuban Musician

19

"I have never been sexually aroused by a man. But I have yet to kiss Johnny Depp, so you never know."

"I have never been sexually aroused by a man. But I have yet to kiss Johnny Depp, so you never know."

Dave Navarro, American Musician

19

"Geez, I wish I could tell you I had a whole bunch of '80s hair bands, you know something you really wouldn't expect, but I don't know that the music police would be that surprised, because most of the stuff that I am influenced by is in evidence in the music."

"Geez, I wish I could tell you I had a whole bunch of '80s hair bands, you know something you really wouldn't expect, but I don't know that the music police would be that surprised, because most of the stuff that I am influenced by is in evidence in the music."

John Sebastian, American Musician

Music, Hair, Police

19

"My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content."

"My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content."

Evan Dando, American Musician

Dream, Content, Years

19

"Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas."

"Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas."

Roberta Flack, American Musician

19

"I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself."

"I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself."

James Taylor, American Musician

Music, Guitar, Present

19

"I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer."

"I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

Decision, Being, Children, Want

19

"It can get a little costly if you try and leave it until then to write songs. But you're writing all the time. You're collecting songs. I've had songs that have been collected over a two-year period for my next record."

"It can get a little costly if you try and leave it until then to write songs. But you're writing all the time. You're collecting songs. I've had songs that have been collected over a two-year period for my next record."

Keith Urban, American Musician

Time, Songs, Writing

19

"If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune."

"If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune."

Count Basie, American Musician

19

"I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art."

"I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art."

Clara Schumann, German Musician

Art, Life, Work, Care

19

"I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know."

"I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know."

George Thorogood, American Musician

19

"When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream."

"When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Movies, Dream, Books

19

"If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth."

"If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth."

Daisy Berkowitz, American Musician

Guitar, Sound, Will

19

"I hate record labels. They think they know everything. I want to hear them try to sing it."

"I hate record labels. They think they know everything. I want to hear them try to sing it."

Jessica Simpson, American Musician

19

"Who am I to blow against the wind?"

"Who am I to blow against the wind?"

Paul Simon, American Musician

19

"I think its man's nature to go to war and fight."

"I think its man's nature to go to war and fight."

Talib Kweli, American Musician

Nature, War, Fight, Man

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