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"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

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"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

19

"Singles needed to come back. And what I tried to do in my online experiment was to change the rules for myself and make available at a more regular pace the fruits of my labour, for people who decided they wanted to support my recordings."

"Singles needed to come back. And what I tried to do in my online experiment was to change the rules for myself and make available at a more regular pace the fruits of my labour, for people who decided they wanted to support my recordings."

Todd Rundgren, American Musician

Change, People, Rules, Support

19

"The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber."

"The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber."

Chris LeDoux, American Musician

19

"I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing."

"I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing."

Carly Simon, American Musician

19

"The avant-garde makes more sense to me."

"The avant-garde makes more sense to me."

John Cale, Welsh Musician

19

"A rhyme doesn't make a song."

"A rhyme doesn't make a song."

Dorothy Fields, American Musician

19

"I'll play what you want or I won't play at all."

"I'll play what you want or I won't play at all."

George Harrison, British Musician

19

"George Bush doesn't care about black people."

"George Bush doesn't care about black people."

Kanye West, American Musician

19

"I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me."

"I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me."

Pete Seeger, American Musician

19

"I think for writers who write that kind of stuff, they want to make changes. Look at Kris Kristofferson and Dylan. I mean, whole generations come along liking that stuff and that's great."

"I think for writers who write that kind of stuff, they want to make changes. Look at Kris Kristofferson and Dylan. I mean, whole generations come along liking that stuff and that's great."

Lee Hazlewood, American Musician

Generations, Want, Writers

19

"Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her."

"Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

19

"We initially targeted pager networks, which have been suffering for the last decade due to cell phone sales."

"We initially targeted pager networks, which have been suffering for the last decade due to cell phone sales."

David Rose, American Musician

Sales, Suffering

19

"So writing a song is much harder than doing a classical piece for me, because in a classical piece, I can just let the mood dictate what's going to happen."

"So writing a song is much harder than doing a classical piece for me, because in a classical piece, I can just let the mood dictate what's going to happen."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

Music, Song, Writing

19

"I grew up thinking that singing was my security."

"I grew up thinking that singing was my security."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Security, Singing, Thinking

19

"The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival."

"The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival."

Bernice Johnson Reagon, American Musician

African, First, Job

19

"I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger."

"I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

Music, Battle, Danger, Opinions

19

"To heal from the inside out is the key."

"To heal from the inside out is the key."

Wynonna Judd, American Musician

19

"Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain."

"Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain."

Link Wray, American Musician

19

"It's always a live experience - anything that happens around you. It's so easy to just put it to a song."

"It's always a live experience - anything that happens around you. It's so easy to just put it to a song."

Wayne Wonder, Jamaican Musician

Experience, Song

19

"You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song."

"You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

19

"All things can be forgiven if we can progress."

"All things can be forgiven if we can progress."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

19

"When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you."

"When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Success, Successful

19

"If I can bring joy into the world, if I can get people to stop thinking about their pain for a moment, or the fact the tomorrow morning they're going to get up and tell their boss off... then I'll be successful."

"If I can bring joy into the world, if I can get people to stop thinking about their pain for a moment, or the fact the tomorrow morning they're going to get up and tell their boss off... then I'll be successful."

Bobby McFerrin, American Musician

Boss, People, Successful, Fact

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"Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long."

"Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long."

Amy Grant, American Musician

Marriage, Nothing, Respect, Will

19

"The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either."

"The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either."

Vanessa Paradis, French Musician

19

"A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy."

"A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy."

Dorothy Fields, American Musician

19

"A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners."

"A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners."

Harlan Howard, American Musician

Exercise, Songs

19

"This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet."

"This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet."

Nina Simone, American Musician

Kiss, Dream, Feet, May

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"Mick's not good on his own problems, but he's very good at other people's. He's been wonderful over the years. I don't mean I ring him up every week, but he's fantastic."

"Mick's not good on his own problems, but he's very good at other people's. He's been wonderful over the years. I don't mean I ring him up every week, but he's fantastic."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

People, Problems, Years

19

"That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music or don't play music, has a sound - their own sound, that thing that you're talking about."

"That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music or don't play music, has a sound - their own sound, that thing that you're talking about."

Ornette Coleman, American Musician

Music, Play, Sound, Talking

19

"I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame."

"I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame."

Steve Brown, American Musician

19

"What has changed is that nothing has changed... that's what has made me more unhappy than everything else."

"What has changed is that nothing has changed... that's what has made me more unhappy than everything else."

Willie Nelson, American Musician

19

"I don't think there is one president that's come down the line that hasn't done something good somewhere."

"I don't think there is one president that's come down the line that hasn't done something good somewhere."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

19

"My current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff like that; I tried to stay on the outside of them or anybody that had that kind of influence."

"My current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff like that; I tried to stay on the outside of them or anybody that had that kind of influence."

Taylor Dayne, American Musician

Life, Influence, Parents, Teachers

19

"I ended up performing on a full time basis and I never got to Julliard at all."

"I ended up performing on a full time basis and I never got to Julliard at all."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

19

"I love what I do, I love my job."

"I love what I do, I love my job."

Pharrell Williams, American Musician

19

"I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing."

"I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing."

Little Richard, American Musician

Credit, Devil, Nothing

19

"I played golf all over Detroit."

"I played golf all over Detroit."

Smokey Robinson, American Musician

19

"You can be whoever you choose to be on the Internet. It's so important to keep your private life private, but at the same time, we're all human."

"You can be whoever you choose to be on the Internet. It's so important to keep your private life private, but at the same time, we're all human."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Technology, Internet, Privacy, Humanity

19

"Money doesn't talk, it swears."

"Money doesn't talk, it swears."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

19

"I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?"

"I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?"

Michael Jackson, American Musician

Disorder, Help, Skin

19

"We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But I found it impossible to hold a dialogue with 500,000 people. In a certain sense, it was numbing."

"We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But I found it impossible to hold a dialogue with 500,000 people. In a certain sense, it was numbing."

Paul Simon, American Musician

People, Act, Sense

19

"Virgin Records will probably release their own package sometime next year."

"Virgin Records will probably release their own package sometime next year."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

19

"I'll perform all the way to the grave."

"I'll perform all the way to the grave."

Patti LaBelle, American Musician

19

"When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing."

"When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Sister, Nothing, Ugly

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