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"I can take care of myself, I said hotly."Darlin, you don't even know how to pleasure yourself."

"I can take care of myself, I said hotly."Darlin, you don't even know how to pleasure yourself."

Nenia Campbell, Swedish Musician

Self-Care, Desire, Truth, Humor

19

"I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability."

"I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability."

Susan Boyle, British Musician

People, Ability, Awareness, Disability

19

"I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything."

"I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything."

Eminem, American Musician

19

"Safety's just danger, out of place."

"Safety's just danger, out of place."

Harry Connick, Jr., American Musician

Danger, Safety, Harry Connick, Jr.

19

"This is one hell of a business I picked to be in."

"This is one hell of a business I picked to be in."

Taylor Dayne, American Musician

19

"Good rock music always tends to be around."

"Good rock music always tends to be around."

Dave Davies, British Musician

19

"I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff."

"I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff."

Robin Trower, English Musician

First, Influence

19

"I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers."

"I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers."

George Thorogood, American Musician

19

"I had previously been in the band the Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman."

"I had previously been in the band the Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman."

Jerry Harrison, American Musician

19

"I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time."

"I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around that time."

Bruce Cockburn, Canadian Musician

Music, Poetry, Time, Thought

19

"I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter."

"I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter."

Bill Bruford, British Musician

19

"I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water."

"I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

19

"People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time."

"People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

Time, People, Nonsense, Talk

19

"I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience."

"I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience."

Thurston Moore, American Musician

Experience, Balance

19

"Every four weeks I go up a bra size... it's worth being pregnant just for the breasts."

"Every four weeks I go up a bra size... it's worth being pregnant just for the breasts."

Natasha Hamilton, British Musician

19

"If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things."

"If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things."

James Taylor, American Musician

19

"You can never learn it all and I hope to continue my growth as a person and a musician."

"You can never learn it all and I hope to continue my growth as a person and a musician."

Lita Ford, American Musician

19

"I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that would tie everything together."

"I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that would tie everything together."

Dorothy Fields, American Musician

19

"I listen to jazz and gospel... yeah that's basically what I listen to."

"I listen to jazz and gospel... yeah that's basically what I listen to."

Anwar Robinson, American Musician

19

"There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues."

"There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues."

Ruth Brown, American Musician

19

"I hope to find the perfect band as well, I really do, and I'm working very hard to find that band."

"I hope to find the perfect band as well, I really do, and I'm working very hard to find that band."

Vinnie Vincent, American Musician

19

"You are fifty different kinds of twisted.""Only fifty? Val, you wound me."

"You are fifty different kinds of twisted.""Only fifty? Val, you wound me."

Nenia Campbell, Swedish Musician

Humor, Personality, Expression, Identity

19

"I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces."

"I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces."

Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian Musician

Parents, Pretty

19

"I only answer to two people, myself and God."

"I only answer to two people, myself and God."

Cher, American Musician

19

"I think there's an element where people get very comfortable in their ghetto. Which is fair enough."

"I think there's an element where people get very comfortable in their ghetto. Which is fair enough."

Neil Tennant, English Musician

19

"Washburn's an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas."

"Washburn's an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas."

John Fogerty, American Musician

American, Name, Old

19

"We can talk about Manchester! I like coming here, it's a wicked city. It's my second favourite city in England after London. I like Liverpool too but there's a lot more to do in Manchester."

"We can talk about Manchester! I like coming here, it's a wicked city. It's my second favourite city in England after London. I like Liverpool too but there's a lot more to do in Manchester."

Dave Mason, British Musician

England, London, Talk

19

"I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you."

"I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you."

Taylor Dayne, American Musician

19

"You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice."

"You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice."

John Mellencamp, American Musician

Car, Choice, Saying

19

"We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot better. I used to feel kind of anxious. Now our apprenticeship is over."

"We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot better. I used to feel kind of anxious. Now our apprenticeship is over."

Thurston Moore, American Musician

Music, People, Now, Old

19

"It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have."

"It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

19

"The harder the battle the sweet of jah victory."

"The harder the battle the sweet of jah victory."

Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician

Victory, Battle

19

"If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered."

"If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Friendship, Friends

19

"It's just as difficult to live in a self-made hell of privacy as it is to live in a self-made hell of publicity."

"It's just as difficult to live in a self-made hell of privacy as it is to live in a self-made hell of publicity."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

Hell, Privacy, Publicity, Self

19

"I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy."

"I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Fans, Pressure, State

19

"I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say, 'Because of you, I didn't give up.'"

"I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say, 'Because of you, I didn't give up.'"

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Motivation, Inspiration, Perseverance, Encouragement

19

"I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don't appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you'll never give an emcee props."

"I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don't appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you'll never give an emcee props."

Talib Kweli, American Musician

Music, Honesty, Artists, Hell

19

"I was known around the college for jamming in the lounge."

"I was known around the college for jamming in the lounge."

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

19

"My boys told me they'd rather play than practice."

"My boys told me they'd rather play than practice."

Jimmy Smith, American Musician

Boys, Play, Practice

19

"A geas was a contract with the goddess of Fate. Sometimes one was born indentured, other times it was bestowed upon one as a curse. Because if one did not fulfill the terms of one's geas, one died. It was old magic, the magic of the gods, spoken in the tongues of those who controlled the dragons-and it was supposed to be extinct."

"A geas was a contract with the goddess of Fate. Sometimes one was born indentured, other times it was bestowed upon one as a curse. Because if one did not fulfill the terms of one's geas, one died. It was old magic, the magic of the gods, spoken in the tongues of those who controlled the dragons-and it was supposed to be extinct."

Nenia Campbell, Swedish Musician

Mythology, Magic, Fate, Power, Myth

19

"Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!"

"Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!"

Wendy O. Williams, American Musician

People, Conformity, Hate, Want

19

"And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about."

"And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

People, Artists

19

"Well, I think that it is complicated in that the first four albums were all with Universal so they have the rights to that and therefore it is a lot easier for them to do that period."

"Well, I think that it is complicated in that the first four albums were all with Universal so they have the rights to that and therefore it is a lot easier for them to do that period."

Geoff Downes, English Musician

19

"I was probably the one who tattled on the class clown. To get in good with the teachers."

"I was probably the one who tattled on the class clown. To get in good with the teachers."

Christine Lavin, American Musician

Class, Teachers

19

"I turn over a lot of money for a lot of people and I'm the smallest fish in it."

"I turn over a lot of money for a lot of people and I'm the smallest fish in it."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

Money, People, Fish

19

"A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun."

"A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun."

Don Henley, American Musician

19

"My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45."

"My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45."

Johnny Rivers, American Musician

19

"I've never worried about how long the song is."

"I've never worried about how long the song is."

Adam Jones, American Musician

19

"It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think."

"It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think."

Johnny Cash, American Musician

Talent, People, Sense, Writing

19

"And I'm dying to know, is it killing you like it's killing me? And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now."

"And I'm dying to know, is it killing you like it's killing me? And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Romance, Heartbreak, Emotion, Love, Loss

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