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"I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl."

"I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

66

"The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst."

"The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

66

"Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record."

"Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record."

Dave Lombardo, Cuban Musician

Now, Right, Writing

66

"So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush."

"So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

People, Christmas

66

"I think I'm a music fan before anything else."

"I think I'm a music fan before anything else."

Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese Musician

66

"I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process."

"I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

66

"So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with."

"So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

Family, Money, Obvious

66

"I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that."

"I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Love, Art, Clothes

66

"It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company."

"It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Friendship, Friend, Company, Man, Skin

66

"Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way."

"Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way."

Dave Davies, British Musician

65

"We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars."

"We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

Artist, Artists, Audiences, Stars

65

"I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences."

"I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences."

Peter Tosh, Jamaican Musician

Consequence, Consequences

65

"I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been."

"I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been."

Dave Matthews, South African Musician

65

"Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage."

"Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

65

"The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask."

"The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

Ability, Freedom, Reality, Trade

65

"There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them."

"There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them."

Louis Armstrong, American Musician

65

"Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'"

"Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'"

Paul McCartney, English Musician

65

"Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the pick has worn down to half its size."

"Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the pick has worn down to half its size."

Terry Kath, American Musician

65

"Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation."

"Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

65

"Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song."

"Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

64

"So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time."

"So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Time, People, Arguments, Months

64

"If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. This idea is completely at odds with our modern visual experience, because everything today is based on montage."

"If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. This idea is completely at odds with our modern visual experience, because everything today is based on montage."

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Musician

Experience, Idea, Performance, Today

64

"My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive."

"My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive."

Wayne Wonder, Jamaican Musician

Positive, Friends, Old

64

"The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs."

"The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

64

"A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it."

"A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it."

Jonathan Davis, American Musician

People, Depression, Illness

64

"Your anger is a gift."

"Your anger is a gift."

Zack de la Rocha, American Musician

64

"People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland."

"People are always asking me about eskimos, but there are no eskimos in Iceland."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

63

"The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important."

"The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important."

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Musician

People, Character, London

63

"Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more."

"Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

Meditation, Yoga

63

"It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different."

"It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different."

Eddie Van Halen, Dutch Musician

63

"I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me."

"I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me."

Naima Adedapo, American Musician

63

"In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year."

"In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year."

Keith Thibodeaux, American Musician

Time, Home, People, Beach

63

"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."

"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."

Frank Zappa, American Musician

Beer, Country, Football, Weapons

63

"We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don't have the money."

"We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don't have the money."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

Age, Money, Music, Successful

62

"Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity."

"Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity."

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Musician

Clarity, Orchestras, Separation

62

"Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold."

"Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold."

Dannii Minogue, Australian Musician

Love, Women, Positive

62

"There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!"

"There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!"

Mariah Carey, American Musician

62

"It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it."

"It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

62

"Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl."

"Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

62

"There's been nothing but discipline, discipline, discipline all my life."

"There's been nothing but discipline, discipline, discipline all my life."

Celine Dion, Canadian Musician

Life, Discipline, Nothing

62

"Sometimes you're trapped in writing songs and you don't have enough distance from what you do anymore and you need the talent and the years of other people to come and jump in."

"Sometimes you're trapped in writing songs and you don't have enough distance from what you do anymore and you need the talent and the years of other people to come and jump in."

Keren Ann, Israeli Musician

Talent, People, Songs, Writing

61

"American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has."

"American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has."

Don McLean, American Musician

American, Loss, Song

61

"I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years."

"I've been doing a lot of music for films and television for quite a few years."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

Music, Television, Years

61

"Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music."

"Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

Music, Commerce

61

"I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes."

"I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

61

"Where's your will to be weird?"

"Where's your will to be weird?"

Jim Morrison, American Musician

61

"Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads."

"Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

Music, Listening, Magic, Play

61

"If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you."

"If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you."

Siobhan Fahey, British Musician

Life, Depression

61

"I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do."

"I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do."

Pras Michel, Haitian Musician

Home, Being, Trying

61

"India profoundly changed my outlook on life because you see how people can be content and very happy with little or even no possessions. It's the reverse of the West."

"India profoundly changed my outlook on life because you see how people can be content and very happy with little or even no possessions. It's the reverse of the West."

Gary Wright, American Musician

Life, People, Content, Possessions

61

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