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"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

"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

19

"No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side."

"No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side."

Jascha Heifetz, American Musician

People, Argument

19

"In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year."

"In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year."

Keith Thibodeaux, American Musician

Time, Home, People, Beach

19

"As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life."

"As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life."

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

Life, End, Famous

19

"I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that."

"I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that."

Bobby Vinton, American Musician

Music, Guitar, Play, School

19

"It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band, rehearse, on my own. You know what I mean?"

"It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band, rehearse, on my own. You know what I mean?"

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

19

"It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end."

"It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Funny, End, Hippies

19

"It's just a whole different thing, and it's just that my life has been a blessing, and I thank god every day for the gifts that he has given me and for my daughter and to be able to watch her grow and be a part of her joys and her excitement and what she wants to do in life."

"It's just a whole different thing, and it's just that my life has been a blessing, and I thank god every day for the gifts that he has given me and for my daughter and to be able to watch her grow and be a part of her joys and her excitement and what she wants to do in life."

Teena Marie, American Musician

Life, Daughter, God, Day

19

"We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love."

"We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

Love, Idea, Reason

19

"I didn't do drugs, I never did do drugs. Never. I don't have any story of drugs, you know, to speak of. Never did drugs, never was interested in drugs and then I wasn't interested in the people around the drugs."

"I didn't do drugs, I never did do drugs. Never. I don't have any story of drugs, you know, to speak of. Never did drugs, never was interested in drugs and then I wasn't interested in the people around the drugs."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

19

"We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars."

"We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

Artist, Artists, Audiences, Stars

18

"I love to work with young kids."

"I love to work with young kids."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

Love, Work, Kids

18

"I love being in the studio."

"I love being in the studio."

Neil Finn, New Zealander Musician

18

"I usually only play with very close friends."

"I usually only play with very close friends."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Friendship, Friends, Play

18

"In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle."

"In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle."

Lou Reed, American Musician

Drugs, Insanity, Sound

18

"The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me."

"The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me."

Enya, Irish Musician

Music, Success, Thought

18

"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

18

"I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something."

"I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something."

James Hetfield, American Musician

18

"No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around."

"No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around."

Bessie Smith, American Musician

18

"For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song."

"For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song."

Geddy Lee, Canadian Musician

18

"And then, I was thinking of doing a record just like starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just kind of a cappella, and I did it for this art piece I did where people could come and play music to go with a voice."

"And then, I was thinking of doing a record just like starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just kind of a cappella, and I did it for this art piece I did where people could come and play music to go with a voice."

Kim Gordon, American Musician

Art, Music, People, Play

18

"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry."

"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry."

Frank Zappa, American Musician

Politics, Entertainment

18

"We should welcome applause whenever it comes."

"We should welcome applause whenever it comes."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

18

"I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream."

"I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream."

Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese Musician

18

"Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous."

"Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous."

Yehudi Menuhin, American Musician

Music, Harmony, Order

18

"Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn't have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends."

"Well, you don't get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn't have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

Brother, Brothers, Children, Friends

18

"If nothing else, I have money."

"If nothing else, I have money."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

18

"Bobby Troup and I have been working together for about a year in clubs. We work in the same club."

"Bobby Troup and I have been working together for about a year in clubs. We work in the same club."

Julie London, American Musician

18

"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

18

"I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death."

"I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death."

Peter Steele, American Musician

Death, Love, Sex, Songs

18

"Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them."

"Still for fun, I play the drums, but I don't do much recording with them."

Jan Hammer, Czech Musician

18

"I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it."

"I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it."

Justin Bieber, Canadian Musician

18

"The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody identified with the songs because they were descriptions of life in the city."

"The grandmother, the mother, the worker, the student, the intellectual, the professional, the unemployed, everybody identified with the songs because they were descriptions of life in the city."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

Life, Mother, Songs

17

"I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids."

"I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids."

Chely Wright, American Musician

Job, Jobs, Kids, Poor, Poverty

17

"My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die."

"My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die."

Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician

17

"Well, probably having to be away from home. When I come back I kind of feel like there's a routine going on that I'm not a part of, so that can be difficult."

"Well, probably having to be away from home. When I come back I kind of feel like there's a routine going on that I'm not a part of, so that can be difficult."

Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

17

"I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time."

"I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Time, Discipline, Lying

17

"There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated black market prices."

"There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated black market prices."

Danny Sugerman, American Musician

Virtue, Crime, Prohibition

17

"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off."

"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

Error, First, Years

17

"I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms."

"I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't have to be the loser kid in high school to be bullied. Bullying and being picked on comes in so many different forms."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Awareness, Being, School

17

"I can't wait to get out. It's been much too long, I don't like being home. I'd rather play. This tour is going to be really big. We're gonna have the biggest show we can have. It's gonna be different not like the old KISS shows."

"I can't wait to get out. It's been much too long, I don't like being home. I'd rather play. This tour is going to be really big. We're gonna have the biggest show we can have. It's gonna be different not like the old KISS shows."

Eric Carr, American Musician

Home, Kiss, Being, Old

17

"The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent."

"The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent."

Billy Joel, American Musician

Movies, Country, Jazz

17

"That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice."

"That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

Football, Night, Practice, School

17

"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."

"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."

Jonathan Davis, American Musician

People, Depression, Illness

17

"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

17

"When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore."

"When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Thought, People, Abuse, London

17

"I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles."

"I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Selling, Mind, Play

17

"The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do."

"The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do."

Keith Richards, English Musician

17

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