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"Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio."

"Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio."

Mel Torme, American Musician

Chicago, Hollywood

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"I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time."

"I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

Time, Day, Song

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"There are now more teens going into treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined."

"There are now more teens going into treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined."

John Walters, British Musician

Drugs, Now, Treatment

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"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room."

"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room."

Ray Charles, American Musician

Soul, Electricity, Force, Light

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"For right now, it really is the end. Hopefully in 10 years we'll all be married and have babies."

"For right now, it really is the end. Hopefully in 10 years we'll all be married and have babies."

Kelly Rowland, American Musician

Baby, Babies, End, Now, Right

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"It's hard to get that real good feeling about festivals sometimes."

"It's hard to get that real good feeling about festivals sometimes."

Meg White, American Musician

Feelings, Feeling

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"Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived."

"Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived."

Jimmy Page, British Musician

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"I'm lucky the arthritis happened at the time that it did because of the record."

"I'm lucky the arthritis happened at the time that it did because of the record."

Daniel Johns, Australian Musician

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"The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist."

"The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist."

Alan Parsons, British Musician

Hope, Defense, Will

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"I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops."

"I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops."

Jon Anderson, British Musician

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"The love of these people and of my fans mean more than any award or special accomplishment."

"The love of these people and of my fans mean more than any award or special accomplishment."

Wynonna Judd, American Musician

Love, People, Accomplishment, Fans

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"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."

"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."

Ray Charles, American Musician

Food, Music, Heart, Blood

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"So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums."

"So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

Time, Now, Practice, Years

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"I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love."

"I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

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"After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is a very risky vehicle, much more risky than even flying airplanes in combat."

"After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is a very risky vehicle, much more risky than even flying airplanes in combat."

Mark Kelly, American Musician

Airplanes, Flying, Loss, Risk

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"When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me."

"When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me."

Brian Eno, British Musician

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"Euphemism is a euphemism for lying."

"Euphemism is a euphemism for lying."

Bobbie Gentry, American Musician

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"You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to."

"You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

58

"I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella."

"I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella."

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

Mom, Character, Children, Dress

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"We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath."

"We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

Day, Effect, Now, Sabbath

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"More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform."

"More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform."

Tony Bennett, American Musician

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"If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today."

"If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today."

Barry Mann, American Musician

Time, Inspiration, Song, Today

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"For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them."

"For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

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"There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that."

"There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that."

Jan Garbarek, Norwegian Musician

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"A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production."

"A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production."

Laurie Anderson, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Production, Style

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"I say it's a girls' world."

"I say it's a girls' world."

Nelly Furtado, Canadian Musician

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"I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability."

"I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability."

Robin Trower, English Musician

People, Ability, Feeling, Play

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"I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang of the string, which is a lot closer to the source of the sound making."

"I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang of the string, which is a lot closer to the source of the sound making."

Ian Williams, American Musician

Guitar, Now, Play, Results

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"Boys, they can't take my refrigerator now. They'll never get my car now. I paid cash for 'em and they're mine, and I'm keepin' 'em!"

"Boys, they can't take my refrigerator now. They'll never get my car now. I paid cash for 'em and they're mine, and I'm keepin' 'em!"

Patsy Cline, American Musician

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"I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other."

"I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other."

Adam Jones, American Musician

Music, Songs, Sound, Style

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"I was a very, very serious child... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class."

"I was a very, very serious child... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class."

Christine Lavin, American Musician

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"We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can."

"We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can."

Ethel Waters, American Musician

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"By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso."

"By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso."

Robert Quine, American Musician

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"Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head."

"Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

Teen, Music, Popular, Will

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"I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go."

"I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go."

Brad Paisley, American Musician

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"I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond song."

"I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond song."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

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"England is one of my favorite places. The fans are just so crazy."

"England is one of my favorite places. The fans are just so crazy."

Britney Spears, American Musician

Fans, EnglFans, Favorite

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"There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive."

"There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

58

"I've been watching what I eat. When I was putting on all the weight, I was drinking Guinness and not eating. I didn't have room to because I was drinking all the time."

"I've been watching what I eat. When I was putting on all the weight, I was drinking Guinness and not eating. I didn't have room to because I was drinking all the time."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

Time, Drinking, Eating, Weight

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"Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be."

"Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be."

Joe Cocker, English Musician

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"For me that's what's fascinating about the internet, that aggregate thing."

"For me that's what's fascinating about the internet, that aggregate thing."

Colin Greenwood, British Musician

58

"There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives."

"There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives."

Todd Rundgren, American Musician

Dishonesty, Existence, Lies, Order

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"No band is special, no player royalty."

"No band is special, no player royalty."

Krist Novoselic, American Musician

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"Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult."

"Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult."

Bryan Ferry, English Musician

58

"If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know."

"If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know."

Louis Armstrong, American Musician

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"You can't censor people's dreams."

"You can't censor people's dreams."

Robyn Hitchcock, English Musician

Dream, Dreams, People

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"Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in my house and it was there so I just started tinkling on it really so it's always been my first love."

"Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in my house and it was there so I just started tinkling on it really so it's always been my first love."

Jack Bruce, British Musician

Love, First, First love

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"I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate."

"I wouldn't know how to handle serenity if somebody handed it to me on a plate."

Dusty Springfield, British Musician

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"Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field."

"Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field."

Tori Amos, American Musician

Right, Shame, Sleep

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"The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody."

"The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody."

Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician

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