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Quotes by Musician

"It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live."

"It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

Romantic, Sentiment

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"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

37

"I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring."

"I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring."

Kim Deal, American Musician

Thought, Spring

37

"Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that."

"Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that."

Steve Earle, American Musician

37

"The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity."

"The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity."

Alan Gregg, New Zealander Musician

Experience, Adversity, Now, Prosperity

36

"You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice."

"You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice."

Lauryn Hill, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Practice

36

"Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it."

"Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it."

Chet Atkins, American Musician

36

"As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back."

"As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

Trust, Wife, Feelings, Winning

36

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

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

Wyclef Jean, American Musician

36

"We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat."

"We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat."

Sonny Bono, American Musician

Love, People, Environment

36

"Nothing in life is promised except death."

"Nothing in life is promised except death."

Kanye West, American Musician

Death, Life, Nothing

36

"It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually."

"It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually."

Elliott Smith, American Musician

36

"When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person."

"When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person."

Billy Sherwood, American Musician

36

"Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through."

"Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through."

Lesley Gore, American Musician

Attitude, Positive, Problems

36

"An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent."

"An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent."

Tom Lehrer, American Musician

36

"I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day."

"I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

Education, Day, Nothing, Practice

36

"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

35

"But then there was Hendrix, man. Jimi was really the last cat to freak me. Jimi was playing all the stuff I had in my head. I couldn't believe it, when I first heard him. Man, no one can ever do what he did with a guitar. No one can ever take his place."

"But then there was Hendrix, man. Jimi was really the last cat to freak me. Jimi was playing all the stuff I had in my head. I couldn't believe it, when I first heard him. Man, no one can ever do what he did with a guitar. No one can ever take his place."

Terry Kath, American Musician

First, Guitar, Man

35

"Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles."

"Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

Chance, Now, Project, Variety

35

"My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people."

"My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

Life, Peace, God, People

35

"I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure."

"I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure."

Herb Alpert, American Musician

Music, Pleasure

35

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

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

James Hetfield, American Musician

35

"One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny."

"One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny."

Bryan White, American Musician

Funny, Time, Wedding, Dress

35

"I've never really been anywhere, and now I get to go everywhere. I just have to make sure there's enough memory on my computer to hold all my pictures."

"I've never really been anywhere, and now I get to go everywhere. I just have to make sure there's enough memory on my computer to hold all my pictures."

Carrie Underwood, American Musician

Computer, Memory, Now

35

"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry."

"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry."

Frank Zappa, American Musician

Politics, Entertainment

35

"Until these college students came into town, we were all very poor and didn't have money to do anything."

"Until these college students came into town, we were all very poor and didn't have money to do anything."

Santiago Durango, American Musician

Money, College, Poor, Students

35

"When I work alone, it can be like dabbling with a canvas. Maybe you paint over bits, and it starts to form its own life and lead you off in a direction. It becomes an intuitive, subconscious process."

"When I work alone, it can be like dabbling with a canvas. Maybe you paint over bits, and it starts to form its own life and lead you off in a direction. It becomes an intuitive, subconscious process."

Lindsey Buckingham, American Musician

Life, Work, Direction

35

"I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily."

"I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

35

"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

35

"Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away."

"Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away."

David Allan Coe, American Musician

35

"I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek."

"I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek."

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

35

"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

35

"It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids."

"It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Wife, Kids, Want

35

"In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing."

"In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing."

Van Morrison, British Musician

35

"I think you should make more movies, more musicals. I think the public deserves that. I think this country deserves to be able to get out and foster that talent. Give them an opportunity to become stars. I think the whole idea is wonderful."

"I think you should make more movies, more musicals. I think the public deserves that. I think this country deserves to be able to get out and foster that talent. Give them an opportunity to become stars. I think the whole idea is wonderful."

Donald O'Connor, American Musician

Movies, Talent, Idea, Opportunity

35

"When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone."

"When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

Trust, People, Talk

35

"I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18."

"I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18."

Placido Domingo, Spanish Musician

35

"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."

"Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

35

"An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God."

"An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God."

Patti Smith, American Musician

God, Artist, Competition

35

"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

34

"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

34

"It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did."

"It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

34

"Sometimes interviews are fun and good conversations, but stuff like photo shoots and appearances at places where you have to meet a lot of people - I was never really made for this kind of stuff."

"Sometimes interviews are fun and good conversations, but stuff like photo shoots and appearances at places where you have to meet a lot of people - I was never really made for this kind of stuff."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

34

"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

34

"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

34

"By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family."

"By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family."

Lawrence Welk, American Musician

Family, Music, Business, People

34

"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything."

"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything."

Dave Matthews, South African Musician

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"There is nothing so stable as change."

"There is nothing so stable as change."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Change, Nothing

34

"Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song."

"Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song."

Joan Armatrading, St. Kittsian Musician

Day, Right, Song

34

"Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator."

"Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Religion, Self, Symbol, Words

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