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"So, in the course of events, I had an opportunity to come in contact with Colin Matthews, through the Rex Foundation sponsoring recordings of various music that was being recorded over there."

"So, in the course of events, I had an opportunity to come in contact with Colin Matthews, through the Rex Foundation sponsoring recordings of various music that was being recorded over there."

Phil Lesh, American Musician

Music, Opportunity, Being, Events

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"I've fallen into your life, like a red ROSE from another world."

"I've fallen into your life, like a red ROSE from another world."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Romance, Love, Life, Emotion, Metaphor

57

"The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe."

"The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

57

"You know, we'd just had a birthday, he was... you know, he still had a future out of him, and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world... a very gifted man, and it's a loss to the world, not just for us."

"You know, we'd just had a birthday, he was... you know, he still had a future out of him, and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world... a very gifted man, and it's a loss to the world, not just for us."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

Birthday, People, Future, Loss

57

"I make the kind of music I like."

"I make the kind of music I like."

Duncan Sheik, American Musician

57

"I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw."

"I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw."

Dick Dale, American Musician

57

"Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential."

"Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential."

Smokey Robinson, American Musician

Potential, Song, Want

57

"My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it."

"My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it."

Keith Urban, American Musician

Father, Country

57

"Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself."

"Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself."

Hasil Adkins, American Musician

57

"Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on."

"Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on."

Evan Dando, American Musician

57

"All I have is my performance, I try to feed in the best of everything that I could possibly do into those 90 minutes and to make a live entertainment show out of it."

"All I have is my performance, I try to feed in the best of everything that I could possibly do into those 90 minutes and to make a live entertainment show out of it."

George Thorogood, American Musician

Performance, Entertainment

57

"I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older."

"I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older."

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Musician

Change, Priorities

57

"I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music."

"I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

Music, Country, Country music, First

57

"I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton."

"I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton."

Jack Bruce, British Musician

Night, Thinking

57

"It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things."

"It's very schizophrenic because I like a lot of very straight pop, like Small Faces, Stones, Kinks; and on the other hand, I like a lot of avant garde things."

Andy Partridge, British Musician

57

"When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in a small club. The place was full of musicians, but there was no public at all."

"When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in a small club. The place was full of musicians, but there was no public at all."

Steve Lacy, American Musician

Musicians, Public

57

"I've always had an obligation to creation, above all."

"I've always had an obligation to creation, above all."

Nick Cave, Australian Musician

Creation, Obligation

57

"I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes."

"I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes."

Kinky Friedman, American Musician

Property, Taxes, Want

57

"Whatever I have not yet learned to tolerate in myself inevitably will appear in my children. In this way, they, like Julia, guide me to a new level of self-awareness and everyone benefits."

"Whatever I have not yet learned to tolerate in myself inevitably will appear in my children. In this way, they, like Julia, guide me to a new level of self-awareness and everyone benefits."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

Benefit, Benefits, Children, Self, Will

57

"Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry."

"Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry."

Chico Hamilton, American Musician

57

"Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album."

"Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album."

John Mellencamp, American Musician

56

"We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see."

"We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see."

Peter Hook, English Musician

56

"I remember when metal was something you really had to search out, and now I hear it on car commercials."

"I remember when metal was something you really had to search out, and now I hear it on car commercials."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

56

"I perform for soldiers because they are important,'"

"I perform for soldiers because they are important,'"

Coolio, American Musician

56

"Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking."

"Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

People, Inspiring, Moon, Race

56

"We're not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously."

"We're not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously."

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

56

"Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them."

"Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them."

Tom Lehrer, American Musician

Work, Company, Problems, Worth

56

"We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime."

"We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime."

Dimebag Darrell, American Musician

56

"I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others."

"I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others."

James Taylor, American Musician

Love, Duty, Musicians, Pain

56

"I don't necessarily want people to know all my intimate feelings about Tracey."

"I don't necessarily want people to know all my intimate feelings about Tracey."

Kenneth Edmonds, American Musician

People, Feelings, Want

56

"We were signed to a label that wanted us to remain little girls who appealed to other little girls, who were cute and non-threatening."

"We were signed to a label that wanted us to remain little girls who appealed to other little girls, who were cute and non-threatening."

Siobhan Fahey, British Musician

56

"And to any new fans we made along the way, I say... welcome to our party. It's just starting to get going."

"And to any new fans we made along the way, I say... welcome to our party. It's just starting to get going."

Richard Marx, American Musician

56

"I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style."

"I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

Attitude, Style

56

"But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him."

"But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him."

David Bowie, English Musician

Life, Work, Worth

56

"There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it."

"There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it."

Daniel Johns, Australian Musician

56

"Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing a few songs from my new record and then I'll continue on after that tour."

"Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing a few songs from my new record and then I'll continue on after that tour."

Lisa Loeb, American Musician

February, Songs

56

"I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner."

"I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner."

Barry Mann, American Musician

Insanity, State, Writing

56

"Death is a very important part of life."

"Death is a very important part of life."

GG Allin, American Musician

56

"Every song is something that I've been through or an emotion I've felt - like falling in love or heartbreak."

"Every song is something that I've been through or an emotion I've felt - like falling in love or heartbreak."

Ashlee Simpson, American Musician

Love, Emotion, Heartbreak, Song

56

"I like to work spontaneously."

"I like to work spontaneously."

Chaka Khan, American Musician

56

"As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great."

"As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great."

Marian McPartland, English Musician

56

"It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin."

"It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin."

Elliott Smith, American Musician

Quit, Quitting, Right

56

"I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow."

"I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

Clothes, Tomorrow, Treasure

56

"In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous."

"In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous."

Archie Shepp, American Musician

Poetry, Music, Dance, Rap

56

"Besides the two Christmas things, we've got a about a dozen new tracks we're working on."

"Besides the two Christmas things, we've got a about a dozen new tracks we're working on."

Chris Frantz, American Musician

56

"I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half."

"I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half."

Zakk Wylde, American Musician

56

"I never smile unless I mean it."

"I never smile unless I mean it."

Donny Osmond, American Musician

56

"That's the only way to do it. Just like an actor. You can get a great performance if you do a bunch of takes and edit it. You find the moments and string them together."

"That's the only way to do it. Just like an actor. You can get a great performance if you do a bunch of takes and edit it. You find the moments and string them together."

Lindsey Buckingham, American Musician

Performance, Actor, Moments

56

"People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction."

"People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Talent, People, Character, Fiction

56

"This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happed to do it very well and I happen to have a lot of groovy songs that I know people are going to dig. I know more about it than you do."

"This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happed to do it very well and I happen to have a lot of groovy songs that I know people are going to dig. I know more about it than you do."

George Thorogood, American Musician

Music, People, Songs

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