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"I only have so much energy, so something had to go. This is why, at the end of the day, I've preserved my sanity for the children and also manage to do my best at work."

"I only have so much energy, so something had to go. This is why, at the end of the day, I've preserved my sanity for the children and also manage to do my best at work."

Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander Musician

Work, Children, Day, End

21

"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

21

"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer."

"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer."

Julian Casablancas, American Musician

Greed, Injustice

21

"Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being."

"Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being."

Michael Bolton, American Musician

Being, Inspiring

21

"That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage."

"That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Work, People, Fun

21

"We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public."

"We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public."

Bryan White, American Musician

21

"If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed."

"If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed."

Kanye West, American Musician

Life, People, Opportunity, Play

21

"Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!"

"Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!"

Ozzy Osbourne, English Musician

Life, Abuse, Alcohol, Body

21

"My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don't respect you and when they respect you they don't love you."

"My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don't respect you and when they respect you they don't love you."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Love, Affection, Respect

21

"Your anger is a gift."

"Your anger is a gift."

Zack de la Rocha, American Musician

21

"I used to do drugs, but don't tell anyone or it will ruin my image."

"I used to do drugs, but don't tell anyone or it will ruin my image."

Courtney Love, American Musician

Drugs, Ruin, Will

21

"My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words."

"My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Artist, Artists, Care, Fact, Reflection

21

"Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus."

"Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus."

Ozzy Osbourne, English Musician

21

"I'm starting to play all the melodies with kind of keyboard sound but playing it from the bass guitar."

"I'm starting to play all the melodies with kind of keyboard sound but playing it from the bass guitar."

Tom Jenkinson, English Musician

Guitar, Play, Sound

21

"It's not like that often, I mean, I suppose out of a ratio of 10 fans maybe like 1 or 2 of 'em might be Asian, and maybe every second or third time they might bring up something that they're Asian and I'm Asian."

"It's not like that often, I mean, I suppose out of a ratio of 10 fans maybe like 1 or 2 of 'em might be Asian, and maybe every second or third time they might bring up something that they're Asian and I'm Asian."

James Iha, American Musician

21

"When you like something, you should do it all night long."

"When you like something, you should do it all night long."

Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican Musician

21

"The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously."

"The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously."

Boy George, English Musician

21

"Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before."

"Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before."

Ben Folds, American Musician

Feelings, Feeling, Now

21

"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

20

"You can say battle or war or whatever, but in the end, it's music. It's not really violent in intent at all, it's really just about expression and celebrating that in itself."

"You can say battle or war or whatever, but in the end, it's music. It's not really violent in intent at all, it's really just about expression and celebrating that in itself."

Eric San, Canadian Musician

War, Music, Battle, End

20

"I love being in a band."

"I love being in a band."

Jewel Kilcher, American Musician

20

"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

20

"The music I do is food... that will be your dinner."

"The music I do is food... that will be your dinner."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

Music, Food, Will

20

"The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want."

"The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want."

Margaret Young, American Musician

First, Order, Want

20

"My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself."

"My mother always wanted me to be glamorous. When I thought about that, it really fired me up, and once I lost all those pounds, I started to feel really good about myself."

Etta James, American Musician

Mother, Thought

20

"I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for."

"I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Change, Music, People, Sound

20

"The best revenge is massive success."

"The best revenge is massive success."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

Success, Revenge

20

"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."

"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."

Miles Davis, American Musician

20

"Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band."

"Major labels blow all their money massively and blame it on the band."

Bruce Dickinson, English Musician

20

"To some people heavy metal is Motorhead and to others it's Judas Priest."

"To some people heavy metal is Motorhead and to others it's Judas Priest."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

20

"The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right."

"The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right."

Scott Stapp, American Musician

Life, Music, Christian, Community

20

"I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times."

"I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times."

Mac Davis, American Musician

People, Communication, Word

20

"Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive."

"Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive."

Matt Cameron, American Musician

Life, Positive, Focus

20

"Jim, as just a spoken poet, was not that good. He needed the music behind him. He felt a security and a sense of abandon when the music existed around him."

"Jim, as just a spoken poet, was not that good. He needed the music behind him. He felt a security and a sense of abandon when the music existed around him."

Ray Manzarek, American Musician

Music, Security, Sense

20

"Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end."

"Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Family, Successful, End, Waiting

19

"Control of vibrato helps your musical expression."

"Control of vibrato helps your musical expression."

James Galway, Irish Musician

Control, Expression

19

"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

19

"I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments."

"I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

19

"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

19

"Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in the boats between the whales and the boats that will hunting the whales with spear guns."

"Then, there was Greenpeace, I remember that when they first started out with the boats in the waters, and the guys in the boats between the whales and the boats that will hunting the whales with spear guns."

Rick Danko, Canadian Musician

Boats, First, Hunting, Will

19

"It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time."

"It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time."

Waylon Jennings, American Musician

Time, Life, Losing

19

"Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players."

"Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

19

"Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."

"Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."

John Lennon, English Musician

People, Rest, Will

19

"I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big."

"I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

19

"I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage."

"I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage."

Stephanie Mills, American Musician

Love, Marriage, Work, Right

19

"I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today."

"I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today."

Wyclef Jean, American Musician

19

"There's nothing I'm doing these days that I ever thought I was gonna do."

"There's nothing I'm doing these days that I ever thought I was gonna do."

Meg White, American Musician

Thought, Nothing

19

"My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some bitterness there that I didn't understand until recently, but I told him that if I ever did a record I wanted him to play on it."

"My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some bitterness there that I didn't understand until recently, but I told him that if I ever did a record I wanted him to play on it."

Jimmy Chamberlin, American Musician

Love, Success, Brother, Bitterness

19

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

Beverly Sills, American Musician

19

"What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off."

"What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

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