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Quotes by Musician
"I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record."
Play,
92
"There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!"
91
"Power is a fickle mistress, easy to seduce, but even easier to lose. That's how it works. One moment she is your closest confidant, whispering the secrets of the universe into your ear; the next, she is your vilest oppressor-and once her ears close to your plights you are well and truly screwed."
91
"Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees."
91
"The wise musicians are those who play what they can master."
90
"As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked."
90
"All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians."
90
"I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are."
90
"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."
90
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."
90
"I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe."
90
"I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring."
89
"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."
89
"If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket."
Now,
89
"I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken."
89
"As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field."
89
"You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining."
89
"There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate."
89
"I love sneakers on a girl. I don't know why, but I guess it's because I'm still a young. I really like just like a girl who has style - a girl who does her own thing, is unique in what she's wearing and works what she's got."
88
"The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes ah, that is where the art resides."
Art,
87
"Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken of the Sea.'"
87
"Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it."
87
"I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him."
87
"You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy."
87
"I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes."
86
"I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument."
86
"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."
86
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