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“Hope for everything, expect nothing.”

Motivational Hope Expectations Expecting Singer Songwriters Expect Nothing

Author:Darren Criss

“I need a coffee to go with my coffee.”

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Author:Zooey Deschanel

“When you start to beat yourself up, remind yourself of how worthy you are of love.”

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Author:Demi Lovato

“Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.”

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Author:Gene Wilder

“I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound.”

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Author:Sara Bareilles

“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

“I'm never satisfied with what I do. I always think I can do it a lot better.”

Thinking Inspirational I Can Can Do Self Improvement Satisfaction Improvement Satisfied African American Aspiration Self Motivation Singer Songwriters I Can Do It Continuous Improvement Self-satisfaction Always Room For Improvement

Author:Michael Jackson

“Iceland sets a world-record. The United Nations asked people from all over the world a series of questions. Iceland stuck out on one thing. When we were asked what do we believe, 90% said, 'ourselves'. I think I'm in that group. If I get into trouble, there's no God or Allah to sort me out. I have to do it myself.”

“There was a knock on our dressing-room door. Our manager shouted, 'Keith! Ron! The Police are here!' Oh, man, we panicked, flushed everything down the john. Then the door opened and it was Stewart Copeland and Sting.”

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Author:Keith Richards

“I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say.”

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Author:Lyle Lovett

“Never judge someone. Especially if you don't know them, because you don't know what they're going through. And for all you know, your words could be the last thing they hear before they decide they have had enough.”

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Author:Danny O'Donoghue

“Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us.”

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Author:Kris Kristofferson

“Life is not perfect. It never will be. You just have to make the very best of it, and you have to open your heart to what the world can show you; and sometimes it's terrifying, and sometimes it's incredibly beautiful, and I'll take both. Thanks.”

“There's always one more way to do things and that's your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.”

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Author:Waylon Jennings

“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

“People may not tell you how they feel about you, but they always show you. Pay attention.”

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Author:Keri Hilson

“Sometimes we woke up and feel like a Guitar Master, sometimes we woke up and feel like a complete fool. but that's the fun part of learning guitar”

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Author:Tommy Emmanuel

“Sometimes the best moment to sing a victory song is in the middle of your battle.”

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Author:Jeremy Riddle

“There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.”

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Book:I Lived to Tell It All

Source: I Lived to Tell It All

“There is a fun, flippant side to me, of course. But I would much rather be known as the Ice Queen.”

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Author:Siouxsie Sioux

“Don't let mistakes be so monumental, don't let your love be so confidential, don't let your mind be so darn judgemental, and please let your heart be more influential. Be thankful for all that the spirit provides and be thankful for all that you see without eyes.”

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Author:Michael Franti

“Woodstock was not about sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It was about spirituality, about love, about sharing, about helping each other, living in peace and harmony.”

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Author:Richie Havens

“As far as being a 'player's player,' you've only got to go to Nashville or Argentina and you can forget about it. The world is full of amazing guitar players, and you know it, and I know it...it's a humbling experience.”

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Author:Mark Knopfler

“After you get what you want you don't want it.”

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Author:Irving Berlin

“On her new LP, Shatter, Jude Johnstone examines heartbreak and loss with such tender resignation that I wept in acknowledgement of its artful simplicity. A lesson in melodic grace delivered by as fine a singer-songwriter as any I know.”

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Author:Rodney Crowell

“When you write a song, most of the words you use are in black and white, and then, from time to time, you use one that’s in color. These words in color are a part of ourselves, because we give them a meaning. If you like, we give them a third dimension.”

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Author:Jacques Brel

“Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don't fail forever.”

Inspirational Mean Courage Forever Knowing Failing Failure Bravery Brave Singers Singer Songwriters

Author:Lana Del Rey

“Everything that happens helps you grow, even if its hard to see right now.”

Ifs Inspirational Hard Helping Happens Grows Right Now Musician Personal Growth Singer Songwriters Everything Happens For A Reason

Author:Austin Mahone

“Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot.”

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Author:Minnie Riperton

“After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring.”

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Author:Tori Amos

“Taking a song and bringing it to life in a professional recording studio can be an intimidating process at first; I know it certainly was for me. So to be able to offer support and guidance to an emerging singer-songwriter is a huge honor. I look forward to playing a role in such an exciting time of someone's songwriting career.”

“Imagine a dolphin dancing in the sky. Let it dance with joy. Think of yourself at the bottom of the ocean watching.”

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Author:Yoko Ono

“When the Lord opens a door, walk through it. If He doesn’t, just trust.”

“It's okay for Christians throughout centuries to exterminate races and for their priests to rape little kids throughout decades, but trying to give the people the power to think and be individual, that's evil?”

“A man can’t have too many guitars or too many shotguns.”

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Author:Robert Earl Keen

“Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.”

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Author:Michael Jackson

“Your brain is your greatest weapon. Connect it to your heart, and you can go anywhere.”

Inspirational Mind Heart Brain Weapons Singers Connecting Singer Songwriters

Author:Angelique Kidjo

“We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great.”

Thinking Style Singer Songwriters Decoration Embellishment Sequins Beautification

Author:Gram Parsons

“Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.”

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Author:Florence Welch

“Morley is one of the outstanding voices of her generation, as a singer, songwriter and bandleader she's in a class of her own, transcends all categories and is making a major contribution to contemporary music.”

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Author:David Amram

“Definitely. More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from. There is line in a song by Georges Brassens [French singer-songwriter]: 'Les imbciles heureux qui sont ns quelquepart.' I will never be one of the happy stupid that were born somewhere. This way of life is excellent for the imagination. It develops your paranoia. You feel paranoid when you don't understand a country, and being paranoiac is excellent for fiction.”

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Author:Amelie Nothomb

“It was a great thrill just to know Roy Orbison, so to play, sing, write hit songs with him and have him in The Traveling Wilburys was beyond my wildest dreams!”

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Author:Jeff Lynne

“I am the author of my life. Unfortunately, I am writing in pen and can’t erase my mistakes.”

“I think the 60s and 70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure.”

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Author:Andrew Gold

“I wasn't thinking of competing with any artists as such, I was more thinking of being among them, and sharing thoughts with them; like sharing views, ideas, etc.”

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Author:Dennis Brown

“Create a vision that makes you wanna jump out of bed in the morning.”

Inspirational Attitude Vision Morning Positive Bed Creating Positivity Feel Good Uplifting Positive Attitude Jumping Singer Songwriters Think Positive Power Of Positive Thinking Early Morning

Author:Ella Henderson

“Do what you will while you're able, find what it is that you seek.”

Motivational Able Ability Willing Findings Seeking Finding Yourself Finding Happiness Singer Songwriters Doings Instrumentalists

Author:Xavier Rudd

“Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated.”

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Author:Tom Chapin

“I will love you unconditionally .”

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Author:Katy Perry

“Happy Day After Christmas, Merry Rest of the Year, even when Christmas is over, The Light of the World is Still Here!”

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Author:Matthew West

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