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"Control of vibrato helps your musical expression."

"Control of vibrato helps your musical expression."

James Galway, Irish Musician

Control, Expression

39

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

39

"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

39

"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

39

"The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them."

"The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

Man, Now, Singing, Years

39

"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

39

"You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again."

"You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again."

Cher, American Musician

39

"There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad name, by just taking people's entire hit songs and rapping over them. It gave publishers license to get a little greedy."

"There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad name, by just taking people's entire hit songs and rapping over them. It gave publishers license to get a little greedy."

Beck, American Musician

People, Name, Songs

39

"Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world."

"Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world."

Tom Scholz, American Musician

Corporations, Motive, Profit, World

39

"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

39

"I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over."

"I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over."

Elvis Presley, American Musician

39

"She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever."

"She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever."

Jeff Buckley, American Musician

39

"Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists, which is an interesting gambit."

"Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists, which is an interesting gambit."

Anthony Braxton, American Musician

Men, Women, African, Americans

39

"We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience."

"We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience."

Brian Eno, British Musician

Experience, Music, Thought, Composers

39

"It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us."

"It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Men, People, America, Philosophy

39

"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

38

"Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don't let them take you ALIVE."

"Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don't let them take you ALIVE."

Sid Vicious, English Musician

Anarchy, Authority, Cause, Chaos

38

"I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument."

"I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument."

Trevor Rabin, South African Musician

38

"Music can change the world because it can change people."

"Music can change the world because it can change people."

Bono, Irish Musician

Change, Music, People, World

38

"I want to get an handful of spare basses to use first of all if mine breaks, and second, to learn some things about aspects of basses that I like, so Paul can build those aspects into it."

"I want to get an handful of spare basses to use first of all if mine breaks, and second, to learn some things about aspects of basses that I like, so Paul can build those aspects into it."

Mike Gordon, American Musician

38

"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

38

"We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us."

"We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us."

Graham Nash, British Musician

American, Forget, May, Protest

38

"What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans and Cuba, I mean, they had ferries that would go from one port to another."

"What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans and Cuba, I mean, they had ferries that would go from one port to another."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

38

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."

Willie Nelson, American Musician

Negative, Positive, Thoughts, Results

38

"There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway."

"There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

38

"I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some."

"I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some."

Merle Haggard, American Musician

38

"I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart."

"I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Truth, Lie, Heart, Pretty

38

"It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go."

"It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go."

Randy Travis, American Musician

37

"I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image."

"I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image."

David Bowie, English Musician

Sex, Mother, People, Symbol

37

"I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring."

"I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring."

David Bowie, English Musician

37

"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

37

"It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one."

"It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one."

Trevor Rabin, South African Musician

37

"The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him."

"The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him."

Cher, American Musician

Woman, Women, Nothing, Trouble

37

"I always wanted to be a singer, it's what I wanted to do since I was little. I'm doing it now and I couldn't be happier."

"I always wanted to be a singer, it's what I wanted to do since I was little. I'm doing it now and I couldn't be happier."

Britney Spears, American Musician

37

"That still has to be there. And so, it's kind of an interesting question you brought up. Because, on the one hand, yeah, it'd be lovely. I certainly don't see that happening. In fact, I see the opposite happening."

"That still has to be there. And so, it's kind of an interesting question you brought up. Because, on the one hand, yeah, it'd be lovely. I certainly don't see that happening. In fact, I see the opposite happening."

Danny Elfman, American Musician

37

"With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do, it probably wouldn't be a dull date, because I am a jock."

"With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do, it probably wouldn't be a dull date, because I am a jock."

Chris Brown, American Musician

37

"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."

"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."

Frank Sinatra, American Musician

Love, Bible, Alcohol, Enemy

37

"If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket."

"If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket."

Mickey Gilley, American Musician

37

"Nature is our chapel."

"Nature is our chapel."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

37

"Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken of the Sea.'"

"Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken of the Sea.'"

Jessica Simpson, American Musician

37

"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

37

"More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution."

"More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution."

James Thomson, Scottish Musician

Courage, Caution, Eye

37

"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

37

"A good education should leave much to be desired."

"A good education should leave much to be desired."

Alan Gregg, New Zealander Musician

37

"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

37

"Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you."

"Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you."

Jon Bon Jovi, American Musician

Change, Perception, Miracles

37

"I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now."

"I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now."

Martina McBride, American Musician

Difference, Longevity, Now

37

"Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice."

"Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice."

Ani DiFranco, American Musician

Life, Day, Job, Sleep

37

"I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe."

"I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

37

"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

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