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“If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . .”

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Author:Nick Drake

“I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a lovefest with me and my audience. It's how I get my rocks off.”

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Author:Dolly Parton

“The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.”

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Author:Jimi Hendrix

“It's like soul music, isn't it all soul music? Otherwise what is it, non-soul music? I-have-no-soul music? Soulless music? People need to put a name on something to identify it, and I understand it.”

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Author:Mark Lanegan

“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.”

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Author:B. B. King

“I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.”

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Author:John Lydon

“Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?”

Source: The Best of Bob Marley (Songbook)

“None but ourselves can free our minds.”

“Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”

“In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”

“There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.”

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Author:Barry White

“Music is my higher power”

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Author:Oliver James

“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.”

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Author:Tom Waits

“When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.”

“We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's what I try to do, and what I want to do. You don't want to close the door on hope.”

“James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of people, because these were the guys who really got rock'n'roll going. I like to start with the origin of things, because once it gets along it changes. It's so interesting to see how it really was in the beginning.”

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Author:Michael Jackson

“You've got to care about the music...You'd better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money. And you'd sure better not be doing it because it's a way to make a living, 'cause that ain't always going to be easy. You got to believe it, believe in the music. You got to mean it.”

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Author:Waylon Jennings