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"I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me."

"I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me."

Boz Scaggs, American Musician

Electricity, Old, Trying, Years

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"I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog."

"I'm not a diva. I'm a tadpole trying to be a frog."

Toni Braxton, American Musician

57

"The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite."

"The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite."

Ringo Starr, English Musician

57

"I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice."

"I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice."

Cassandra Wilson, American Musician

Artist, Jazz, Testing, Voice

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"We used to really feel like the band was our family."

"We used to really feel like the band was our family."

Chris Frantz, American Musician

57

"Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot."

"Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

57

"For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general."

"For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

Government, Canada, Orchestras, Years

57

"You know, I do speak the Queens English. It's just the wrong Queens that's all. It's over the 59th Street Bridge. It's not over the Atlantic Ocean."

"You know, I do speak the Queens English. It's just the wrong Queens that's all. It's over the 59th Street Bridge. It's not over the Atlantic Ocean."

Cyndi Lauper, American Musician

Language, Ocean, Wrong

57

"Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market."

"Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market."

Skitch Henderson, American Musician

57

"I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation."

"I got tired of different drum sounds so you buy different effects for more manipulation."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

57

"Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."

"Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum."

Geri Halliwell, British Musician

Mother, Mothers

57

"I have an extremely addictive personality. I'm an extremist."

"I have an extremely addictive personality. I'm an extremist."

Leif Garrett, American Musician

57

"The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong."

"The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong."

Arto Lindsay, American Musician

People, Punk, Right

57

"When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell the truth."

"When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell the truth."

Lee Greenwood, American Musician

Truth, Bible, Saying

57

"The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips."

"The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips."

Herb Alpert, American Musician

57

"I find it very, very hard. He was part of the fabric of my life. We were kids together, and teenagers. We spent the whole of our lives with each other because of our music."

"I find it very, very hard. He was part of the fabric of my life. We were kids together, and teenagers. We spent the whole of our lives with each other because of our music."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

Music, Life, Kids, Teenagers

57

"People always expect you to be jumping out of a Rolls Royce and being in the papers for drunk and disorderly or sleeping around."

"People always expect you to be jumping out of a Rolls Royce and being in the papers for drunk and disorderly or sleeping around."

Davy Jones, English Musician

57

"My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing."

"My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing."

Jennifer Lopez, American Musician

Jury, Parents, Singing

57

"Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last."

"Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last."

Lawrence Welk, American Musician

Blessing, Blessings

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"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own."

"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

Christmas, Eyes, Tears, Weddings

57

"But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend."

"But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend."

Wayne Newton, American Musician

Men, Friend, Man

57

"I'd say that it's important for music to be there that gives you a challenge, that rearranges things in your head."

"I'd say that it's important for music to be there that gives you a challenge, that rearranges things in your head."

Tom Jenkinson, English Musician

Music, Challenge

57

"Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it."

"Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it."

Rosanne Cash, American Musician

Time, Being, Deep, Painting

57

"I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better."

"I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Song

57

"Usually when attorneys are assembling a jury, they're just looking for sheep that are easily impressed."

"Usually when attorneys are assembling a jury, they're just looking for sheep that are easily impressed."

Johnny Kelly, American Musician

57

"My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor."

"My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor."

Woody Herman, American Musician

57

"It's my sick fantasy to be a Cosmo cover."

"It's my sick fantasy to be a Cosmo cover."

Deana Carter, American Musician

57

"Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument."

"Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument."

Kristin Hersh, American Musician

57

"So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me."

"So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

Management, Manager, English

57

"I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking."

"I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking."

David Bowie, English Musician

Negative, Thinking

57

"With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless."

"With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless."

Vince Neil, American Musician

Technology, Now, Song, Sound

57

"When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out."

"When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out."

Quincy Jones, American Musician

Mother, Father, Old, Years

57

"If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check."

"If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

Christmas, Feeling, Meaning, Song

57

"All through school, I was losing hundreds of pounds in school, so that's a journey - that's an old journey. I'm tired of that. I know that road."

"All through school, I was losing hundreds of pounds in school, so that's a journey - that's an old journey. I'm tired of that. I know that road."

Luther Vandross, American Musician

Journey, Losing, Old, Road

57

"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

57

"There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument."

"There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument."

Rita Coolidge, American Musician

Key, Space, Voice

57

"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

57

"If you feel like singing along, don't."

"If you feel like singing along, don't."

James Taylor, American Musician

57

"It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world."

"It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world."

Geezer Butler, English Musician

57

"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

57

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian Musician

Imagination, Intelligence, Love, Genius

57

"FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano."

"FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

Opportunity, Play

57

"We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way."

"We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Agreement, Difference

57

"We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago."

"We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

People, Country, Now

57

"I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character."

"I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character."

Suzanne Vega, American Musician

Humor, People, Character, Opinions

57

"That's why I believe that we must never fail to affirm that we are indeed one nation under God."

"That's why I believe that we must never fail to affirm that we are indeed one nation under God."

Lee Greenwood, American Musician

57

"So, yes, I am in the underground, but actually, it feels like home."

"So, yes, I am in the underground, but actually, it feels like home."

Anthony Braxton, American Musician

57

"The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur."

"The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur."

Alan Parsons, British Musician

57

"The world is a stage, the stage is a world of entertainment."

"The world is a stage, the stage is a world of entertainment."

Howard Dietz, American Musician

Entertainment, World

57

"You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it."

"You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it."

Carly Simon, American Musician

Inspirational, Inspiring

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