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"Really, at a time when they're debating when and where a nativity scene can be used, this is the kind of stuff we need to have out there - outside of the church."

"Really, at a time when they're debating when and where a nativity scene can be used, this is the kind of stuff we need to have out there - outside of the church."

John Tesh, American Musician

18

"I don't have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might've unintentionally hurt somebody else or something."

"I don't have nothing to regret at all in the past, except that I might've unintentionally hurt somebody else or something."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Hurt, Nothing, Past, Regret

18

"Shania Twain brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced."

"Shania Twain brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced."

Faith Hill, American Musician

Music, Country, Country music, Sound

18

"I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school."

"I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school."

Alvin Lee, English Musician

Guitar, Practice, School

18

"Guys are idiots, till they're what, 40 years old."

"Guys are idiots, till they're what, 40 years old."

Wes Borland, American Musician

Idiots, Old, Years

18

"If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house."

"If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house."

Mike Harding, British Musician

Men, Women, Land

18

"My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion."

"My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion."

Lee Ritenour, American Musician

18

"I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff."

"I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

Movies, Theatre

18

"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success."

"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success."

Irving Berlin, American Musician

18

"The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician."

"The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician."

Louis Armstrong, American Musician

18

"I wasn't driving down the wrong side of the street, smoking marijuana, waving my gun out the window."

"I wasn't driving down the wrong side of the street, smoking marijuana, waving my gun out the window."

Coolio, American Musician

Driving, Smoking, Wrong

18

"Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other."

"Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other."

Isaac Stern, Russian Musician

Truth, Now, Will

18

"Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it."

"Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

Time, Needs, Singing, Today

18

"It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming."

"It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming."

Natalie Imbruglia, Australian Musician

18

"We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars."

"We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars."

Bill Bruford, British Musician

18

"As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both."

"As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both."

Bono, Irish Musician

Change, Chance, Fun, Want

18

"My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father."

"My mom sang in high school choir and so did my father."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

Mom, Father, School

18

"I want to tap into different styles. Something definitely mature, sultry, sensual, easy listening that everyone can enjoy. Every one of every race and everyone that likes different styles."

"I want to tap into different styles. Something definitely mature, sultry, sensual, easy listening that everyone can enjoy. Every one of every race and everyone that likes different styles."

LaToya London, American Musician

Listening, Race, Want

18

"If a relationship is founded on love it doesn't end."

"If a relationship is founded on love it doesn't end."

Rosanne Cash, American Musician

18

"If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger."

"If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

Conservation, Influence, Kids, Parents

18

"If I've learned anything in this business, it's that you have to be fearless."

"If I've learned anything in this business, it's that you have to be fearless."

Jody Watley, American Musician

18

"Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly the same."

"Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly the same."

Bill Laswell, American Musician

Computer, Computers, Music

18

"There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes."

"There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes."

Evan Parker, British Musician

History, Music, Character, Existence

18

"We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian people and to see things apart from being a tourist."

"We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian people and to see things apart from being a tourist."

Marc Almond, British Musician

Music, People, Opportunity, Being

18

"I would sell 2 million records, a million went to teenagers and a million went to the adults. So, when The Beatles became so popular, I lost a million to the teenagers, but I was still selling a million to the adults."

"I would sell 2 million records, a million went to teenagers and a million went to the adults. So, when The Beatles became so popular, I lost a million to the teenagers, but I was still selling a million to the adults."

Bobby Vinton, American Musician

Selling, Popular, Teenagers

18

"Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist."

"Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

18

"When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there."

"When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there."

Colin Greenwood, British Musician

Succeed, Trying

18

"The future is finally something that we can now put into focus."

"The future is finally something that we can now put into focus."

Lou Gramm, American Musician

Focus, Future, Now

18

"So I like that sound, but I am not interested in being retro."

"So I like that sound, but I am not interested in being retro."

Stephan Jenkins, American Musician

18

"The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine. If your head is not in the right place and you don't think positively, all the medicine technology in the world is not going to work."

"The reality is that what you find out is that your head is the medicine. If your head is not in the right place and you don't think positively, all the medicine technology in the world is not going to work."

Herbie Mann, American Musician

Technology, Work, Medicine, Reality

18

"So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had."

"So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had."

Carly Simon, American Musician

18

"And the things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first."

"And the things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first."

Steven Tyler, American Musician

18

"Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me."

"Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

18

"We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody."

"We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody."

Colin Greenwood, British Musician

18

"Grandma cheated whenever she could. She cheated because it was a much more scientific and surer way of winning than trusting to luck."

"Grandma cheated whenever she could. She cheated because it was a much more scientific and surer way of winning than trusting to luck."

Allan Sherman, American Musician

18

"Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys."

"Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys."

Jello Biafra, American Musician

18

"I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier."

"I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier."

Robert Smith, English Musician

18

"You gotta stick your neck out and put out a record that isn't safe... that's the Green Day way!"

"You gotta stick your neck out and put out a record that isn't safe... that's the Green Day way!"

Tre Cool, American Musician

18

"If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation."

"If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation."

Coolio, American Musician

Military, Vacation

18

"I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice."

"I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice."

Jill Scott, American Musician

Listening, Practice, Training

18

"The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing."

"The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing."

Jimmy Chamberlin, American Musician

Hearing, Play, Song

18

"Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride."

"Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride."

Gary Allan, American Musician

18

"Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning."

"Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning."

B. B. King, American Musician

Brother, College, Jazz, Learning

18

"Every act I see, their whole act is choreographed. I'm sick of seeing these dancers. The only reason they have them is they don't have enough talent to get people dancing themselves."

"Every act I see, their whole act is choreographed. I'm sick of seeing these dancers. The only reason they have them is they don't have enough talent to get people dancing themselves."

Ronnie Spector, American Musician

Talent, People, Act, Dancing

18

"You know, I designed the Queen crest. I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs-and I don't even believe in astrology."

"You know, I designed the Queen crest. I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs-and I don't even believe in astrology."

Freddie Mercury, British Musician

Astrology, Queen

18

"But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers."

"But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers."

Carly Simon, American Musician

Brother, Brothers

18

"I basically sat down for a month, with all the Sun stuff I could find and just picked out my favorites. I didn't think that they were indicative of '54 to '57, although I tried to stay within that period."

"I basically sat down for a month, with all the Sun stuff I could find and just picked out my favorites. I didn't think that they were indicative of '54 to '57, although I tried to stay within that period."

Brian Setzer, American Musician

18

"I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary."

"I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary."

Enya, Irish Musician

Celebrity, Famous

18

"The fans have been very nice to me and I might say that all those fans that Frank said went away is not so."

"The fans have been very nice to me and I might say that all those fans that Frank said went away is not so."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

18

"Wearing sunglasses at night hurts your eyes after a while."

"Wearing sunglasses at night hurts your eyes after a while."

Corey Hart, Canadian Musician

Eye, Eyes, Night

18

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