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"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

19

"I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey."

"I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey."

Vince Gill, American Musician

Journey, Songs, Writing

19

"When the great history of trouble is written, my family will stand extremely high in the table of contents."

"When the great history of trouble is written, my family will stand extremely high in the table of contents."

Allan Sherman, American Musician

Family, History, Trouble, Will

19

"I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while."

"I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

Limitation, Limitations

19

"Those movies sure got me into a rut."

"Those movies sure got me into a rut."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

19

"I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number of records, because even if I do that, the satisfaction only lasts five minutes."

"I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number of records, because even if I do that, the satisfaction only lasts five minutes."

Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian Musician

Satisfaction, Want

19

"I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound and the manipulation and it plays like instruments."

"I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound and the manipulation and it plays like instruments."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

Manipulation, Sound

19

"I'm always saying something about art and music and fame. That's why you don't ever catch me in a T-shirt unless I'm in bed."

"I'm always saying something about art and music and fame. That's why you don't ever catch me in a T-shirt unless I'm in bed."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Creativity, Art, Music, Fame

19

"As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation."

"As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation."

James Levine, American Musician

Orchestras, World

19

"I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't."

"I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't."

Kurt Cobain, American Musician

Being, Fact, Gay

19

"If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about."

"If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about."

Aretha Franklin, American Musician

19

"Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies."

"Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies."

Irving Berlin, American Musician

Advice, Hate, Song

19

"Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition."

"Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition."

Bill Laswell, American Musician

Jazz, Possibilities, Tradition

19

"Men who thought of themselves as gods fell the farthest, and the hardest."

"Men who thought of themselves as gods fell the farthest, and the hardest."

Nenia Campbell, Swedish Musician

Warning, Fall, Power, Truth, Failure

19

"Why do we need to wait until somebody sells 10 million records to give people a show like that? What about us smaller, hungry folk? At least gimme a curtain!"

"Why do we need to wait until somebody sells 10 million records to give people a show like that? What about us smaller, hungry folk? At least gimme a curtain!"

Angie Stone, American Musician

19

"Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony."

"Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony."

Lou Reed, American Musician

19

"I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own."

"I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own."

Billie Holiday, American Musician

19

"Hippies are so phoney and fake."

"Hippies are so phoney and fake."

George Harrison, British Musician

19

"Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter."

"Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter."

David Gilmour, British Musician

19

"They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer."

"They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer."

Buddy Rich, American Musician

Being, Challenge, Play

19

"A dead end street is a good place to turn around."

"A dead end street is a good place to turn around."

Naomi Judd, American Musician

19

"Revising a screenplay is much more frustrating than revising a song because you have to read through the entire work again while you are changing stuff. It is a lot easier to edit a song."

"Revising a screenplay is much more frustrating than revising a song because you have to read through the entire work again while you are changing stuff. It is a lot easier to edit a song."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

19

"I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning."

"I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning."

Ian Williams, American Musician

Generations, Giving, Names, Song

19

"Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records."

"Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records."

Duncan Sheik, American Musician

19

"And to turn it into rap wasn't too difficult besides just rhymin' the last words of each line."

"And to turn it into rap wasn't too difficult besides just rhymin' the last words of each line."

Slick Rick, American Musician

19

"A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love."

"A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love."

Leonard Cohen, Canadian Musician

Love, Battle, Body, Woman

19

"I didn't really escape that gravity until I moved 300 miles south to go to college at 18, where authorship no longer seemed something liable to induce vengeful punishment."

"I didn't really escape that gravity until I moved 300 miles south to go to college at 18, where authorship no longer seemed something liable to induce vengeful punishment."

David Knopfler, British Musician

Authorship, College, Gravity, Punishment

19

"But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention."

"But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention."

Daisy Berkowitz, American Musician

19

"Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about."

"Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about."

Britney Spears, American Musician

Mind, Night, Stress, Thinking

19

"I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody."

"I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody."

Tom T. Hall, American Musician

Work, People, Years

19

"I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me."

"I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me."

Boz Scaggs, American Musician

Electricity, Old, Trying, Years

19

"I'm one of those regular weird people."

"I'm one of those regular weird people."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

19

"I was near sighted. I was born myopic, and I got glasses, right after that."

"I was near sighted. I was born myopic, and I got glasses, right after that."

Kitty Carlisle, American Musician

19

"I never try and sound like Sabbath."

"I never try and sound like Sabbath."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

19

"If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say."

"If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say."

Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician

19

"That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all."

"That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all."

John Fogerty, American Musician

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