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"The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a pianist if by some miracle every key of his instrument should suddenly become a living thing."

"The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a pianist if by some miracle every key of his instrument should suddenly become a living thing."

Charles Munch, French Musician

Burden, Conscience, Key, Light

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

"Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G."

"Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G."

Lionel Hampton, American Musician

18

"It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else."

"It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else."

Dido Armstrong, British Musician

18

"You struggle with your demons and you conquer them."

"You struggle with your demons and you conquer them."

Kinky Friedman, American Musician

18

"I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to."

"I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to."

Buddy Guy, American Musician

Baseball, Divorce, Guitar, Living

18

"It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man."

"It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man."

John Lennon, English Musician

Hair, Man, Skin, Woman

18

"I think that most people really know if it's a really great album."

"I think that most people really know if it's a really great album."

Carly Simon, American Musician

18

"We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage."

"We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

Entertainment, Novelty, Variety

18

"Movies were very important. The art-form of the 20th century."

"Movies were very important. The art-form of the 20th century."

Ray Manzarek, American Musician

18

"You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble."

"You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble."

George Thorogood, American Musician

Career, Luck, Trouble

18

"I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived."

"I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived."

Kevin Eubanks, American Musician

18

"I'd get more applause than some because I was just seventeen. If they didn't clap at the end of my act I would limp off stage and boy would they feel guilty. They would all burst into tremendous applause as they saw this poor cripple kid walking off."

"I'd get more applause than some because I was just seventeen. If they didn't clap at the end of my act I would limp off stage and boy would they feel guilty. They would all burst into tremendous applause as they saw this poor cripple kid walking off."

Jim Dale, British Musician

Act, Applause, End, Poor

18

"When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this."

"When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this."

Holly Near, American Musician

Opportunity, Mistakes

18

"Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people."

"Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people."

Brownie McGhee, American Musician

Music, People, Folk

18

"I'm a married man. If I want sex at this particular point in my life, I go home for it."

"I'm a married man. If I want sex at this particular point in my life, I go home for it."

Davy Jones, English Musician

Home, Life, Sex, Man

18

"What can I tell you? I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S."

"What can I tell you? I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S."

Holly Johnson, English Musician

Success, Successful

18

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."

Leonard Cohen, Canadian Musician

18

"We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour."

"We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour."

Oscar Peterson, Canadian Musician

Musicians, Night

18

"I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should."

"I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should."

Geddy Lee, Canadian Musician

18

"I don't have to put out another rap record. I can do it at my casual pace."

"I don't have to put out another rap record. I can do it at my casual pace."

Ice T, American Musician

18

"We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor and Johnny Johnson, who was Chuck Berry's piano player."

"We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor and Johnny Johnson, who was Chuck Berry's piano player."

James Young, American Musician

18

"To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules."

"To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

18

"When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd start from one end of the band and just go along. The lead singer would change all the time. That's the first time that I actually managed to put it into a record."

"When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd start from one end of the band and just go along. The lead singer would change all the time. That's the first time that I actually managed to put it into a record."

Roy Wood, English Musician

Change, Time, End, Evening

18

"They say you can smoke 400 cigs a day and drink 20 cups of coffee, but you can't have a line or a drink again."

"They say you can smoke 400 cigs a day and drink 20 cups of coffee, but you can't have a line or a drink again."

Ron Wood, British Musician

18

"Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors."

"Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

Neighbors, Will

18

"The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody."

"The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody."

Margaret Whiting, American Musician

Time, First, Musicians

18

"I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them."

"I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them."

Charlie Watts, British Musician

18

"We never worry about the big things, just the small things."

"We never worry about the big things, just the small things."

Travis Barker, American Musician

18

"All I do is party."

"All I do is party."

Shelby Lynne, American Musician

18

"I have a very deep and wide relationship with my fans."

"I have a very deep and wide relationship with my fans."

Wynonna Judd, American Musician

18

"We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff."

"We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff."

Stephen Malkmus, American Musician

18

"We wanted it more live and raw. We didn't want a studio sound."

"We wanted it more live and raw. We didn't want a studio sound."

Alice Cooper, American Musician

18

"There are rumors that we want to move back to the U.K., but we're so happy in America I actually can't see us ever leaving... People ask me how long it took to adapt. Twenty minutes."

"There are rumors that we want to move back to the U.K., but we're so happy in America I actually can't see us ever leaving... People ask me how long it took to adapt. Twenty minutes."

Victoria Beckham, English Musician

People, America, Rumors, Want

18

"There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm."

"There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

Woman, Women, Strength

18

"More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me."

"More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Home, Right, Want

18

"I don't like painting flowers in my music. I like painting guts and pain."

"I don't like painting flowers in my music. I like painting guts and pain."

Jonathan Davis, American Musician

Music, Flowers, Pain, Painting

18

"It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears."

"It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears."

Siobhan Fahey, British Musician

18

"I think there is a certain sensibility to someone you are attracted to and when it rubs off that's good."

"I think there is a certain sensibility to someone you are attracted to and when it rubs off that's good."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

18

"It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name."

"It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name."

Dave Mustaine, American Musician

18

"Talent is only the starting point."

"Talent is only the starting point."

Irving Berlin, American Musician

18

"What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth."

"What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth."

Sun Ra, American Musician

18

"Women have to harness their power - its absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner."

"Women have to harness their power - its absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner."

Cher, American Musician

Power, Women, First, Learning

18

"I tried to pay some small tribute to A Man and a Woman (1966) with the recurring musical theme."

"I tried to pay some small tribute to A Man and a Woman (1966) with the recurring musical theme."

Dwight Yoakam, American Musician

Man, Tribute, Woman

18

"We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration."

"We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

18

"After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible."

"After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible."

Josh Groban, American Musician

18

"I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed."

"I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed."

Shirley Manson, Scottish Musician

Girlfriend, Clothes

18

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