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Death is very often referred to as a good career move.
—
Buddy Holly
good
All I can hope to do is instill great morality in my son and trust him along the way. The music he listens to or how he chooses to wear his hair doesn't define his moral compass, and if he wants to listen to country music and wear a cowboy hat too, that's fine.
—
Mark Hoppus
hope
The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
—
Yanni
self
Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life youre living.
—
Bob Marley
life
Perfection itself is imperfection.
—
Vladimir Horowitz
self
One thing you learn: if you want to reveal yourself, you also have to know where to stop.
—
Keith Jarrett
self
Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, theres really nothing to lose. Theres no wrong you cant make right again, so be kinder to yourself, you know, have fun, take chances. Theres no bounds.
—
Jewel
courage
I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest.
—
Antonio Carlos Jobim
believe
Im not everybodys cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. Im a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you dont like it, fair enough. But give me a break.
—
Elton John
time
Dont let your dreams be dreams.
—
Jack Johnson
dreams
History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesnt have to get caught in that.
—
Robert Johnson
story
My thoughts on gay marriage are that everyone has the right to love and be loved, and thats the position I take.
—
Nick Jonas
love
To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.
—
Brian Jones
death
I have not yet begun to fight!
—
John Paul Jones
fight
All is fair in love and songwriting.
—
Norah Jones
love
We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too.
—
Quincy Jones
art
The only way I see the world now is through coming out of and growing up and living in Somalia. In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras.
—
Knaan
war
I guess this is gonna sound kind of weird, but Im not scared for myself for dying. Because I believe all these places are temporary. This is just one shell. Because we Hawaiians live in both worlds.
—
Israel Kamakawiwoole
world
Theres too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, theres a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that youre not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world.
—
Alicia Keys
world
But really, we also need to learn how to love one another as women. How to appreciate and respect each other.
—
Chaka Khan
love
I think the church and the religion right now have a lot more to be worried about than SLAYER.
—
Kerry King
religion
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
—
Mark Knopfler
music
I dont look for bliss, just contentment.
—
Alison Krauss
men
Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.
—
Lenny Kravitz
life
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.
—
Fritz Kreisler
men
Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.
—
Avril Lavigne
life
Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, Okay, the worlds not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?
—
Amy Lee
time
I really dont have that many run-ins. People by and large are very nice to me.
—
Peggy Lee
man
Its really about making the best music you can make. Its really about working hard.
—
John Legend
music
People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others definitions of success.
—
Tony Levin
success
I dont date my girlfriend because shes a model. I date her because I love her.
—
Adam Levine
love
If Im going to Hell, Im going there playing the piano.
—
Jerry Lee Lewis
play
Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.
—
Franz Liszt
war
Working against a restriction - for me - often produces greater things than getting rid of all boundaries.
—
Jon Lord
great
I love everything from old-school cars to whatever the latest muscle or luxury vehicles are.
—
Ludacris
love
You can know that the final show is coming up, and prepare yourself for it mentally, but when it finally occurs, its like a dream. You stand there feeling the love the audience has for you, and you think, Is this really going to end?
—
Phil Lynott
love
Music is the strongest form of magic.
—
Marilyn Manson
magic
The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now youre free.
—
Ray Manzarek
good
In Jamaica, them always have throwback riddims, recycled old beats, and the hardcore reggae scene is always present. You have faster stuff like the more commercialized stuff, but you always have that segment of music that is always from the core, from the original root of it.
—
Damian Marley
music
Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. Its about a man and a woman. So the pain and the struggle in the blues is that universal pain that comes from having your heart broken. Most blues songs are not about social statements.
—
Wynton Marsalis
art
Anyone who criticises me for talking about fair trade is a few pebbles short of a beach. Because everyone should care about it, just like everyone should care about the environment, because we all live here.
—
Chris Martin
men
I feel sorry for people who dont drink. When they wake up in the morning, thats as good as theyre going to feel all day.
—
Dean Martin
people
Well, again working strictly to the film, where you had this lovely, lovely land of brightness and color. And everybody is smiling and happy and butterflies flitting around and it was that kind of image that, it was like a dream world, really.
—
George Martin
love
Ever since the Beatles, the concept of lovable mop tops, its a bit of a fantasy, but its a lovely idea that people make wonderful music and live a wonderful life being friends together. Sadly, life isnt quite like that.
—
Nick Mason
love
I think there is a tendency for people to get rigid and caught up in their beliefs of what is right and wrong, and they lose sight of humanity. Being human has to come first before right or wrong.
—
Matisyahu
people
Astronomys much more fun when youre not an astronomer.
—
Brian May
you
Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what youre really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though Ive got a few missing.
—
John Mayer
people
The true musician is to bring light into peoples hearts.
—
Bobby Mcferrin
art
Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.
—
Sarah Mclachlan
you
I find Indian music very funky. I mean its very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But its the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
—
John Mclaughlin
music
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
chaos
I wont be a rock star. I will be a legend.
—
Freddie Mercury
will
Im always trying to find connections between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
—
Pat Metheny
art
Im not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.
—
Mika
music
I havent a great jazz band, and I dont want one.
—
Glenn Miller
want
I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Heres a label Id accept: Im an individual. Im someone who cant follow, and doesnt want to lead.
—
Joni Mitchell
want
What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness thats toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects of your normal life, because for a brief moment you feel okay.
—
Moby
life
I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey.
—
Brian Molko
desire
All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.
—
Thelonious Monk
music
A lot of places we go, when they see the organ coming in, theyre expecting rock and roll, but after they hear us play they like it. To me, guitar cuts through-it carries more than organ. But organ has got more guts.
—
Wes Montgomery
play
I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer.
—
Keith Moon
people
My strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream.
—
Jason Mraz
life
Ive always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.
—
Larry Mullen
comfort
Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.
—
Dave Mustaine
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, youll start having positive results.
—
Willie Nelson
art
Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the way I still listen to Zeppelin and Sabbath albums.
—
Jason Newsted
people
Dont follow a trend. Follow your heart.
—
Krist Novoselic
art
I think thats what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.
—
Ed Obrien
work
The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when youre so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.
—
Mike Oldfield
success
I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet.
—
Niccolo Paganini
women
I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what Im doing.
—
Jimmy Page
self
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you dont live it, it wont come out of your horn. They teach you theres a boundary line to music. But, man, theres no boundary line to art.
—
Charlie Parker
wisdom
The Dark Side of the Moon has flash - the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.
—
Alan Parsons
man
Its about ladies, as usual. Im telling the ladies I got the right temperature to keep them warm.
—
Sean Paul
war
Trust your ability!
—
Itzhak Perlman
you
If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
—
Oscar Peterson
people
Im taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.
—
Pitbull
life
Miami is nothing like me, and thats why I need to be here - its the opposite. Im practical, where this place is moody, Im stolid in my interior, where this place has a certain flair, and Im materialistic in a sense that this place is fundamentally spiritual - theres a quicksilver quality about this place.
—
Iggy Pop
spiritual
I love the physical thing of being on the earth that bore you. I have the same feeling when I walk in a very beautiful place that I have when I play and it goes right.
—
Jacqueline Du Pre
love
I dont even have a cell phone. I dont know how they work.
—
Andre Previn
work
In life, everything just happens, and I believe even before we are born that our role in life has already been determined. My main ambition is to continue to write music, which helps me to evolve in a spiritual sense and hopefully to inspire others.
—
Gerry Rafferty
life
Theres a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.
—
Lou Reed
magic
And when the day arrives Ill become the sky and Ill become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop me now.
—
Trent Reznor
home
We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream it, then its real. You are what you feel.
—
Tim Rice
dream
If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure that is where they want to be.
—
Cliff Richard
you
If you dont know the blues... theres no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
—
Keith Richards
music
I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, I love you. I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think Ive done my job in a world thats getting colder and colder by the day.
—
Lionel Richie
love
The waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the waltz encapsulates that. If youre in my audience you give yourself to me and the waltz will grab you.
—
Andre Rieu
life
But if I didnt have to make money, I would still play my horn.
—
Sonny Rollins
money
When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.
—
Mstislav Rostropovich
love
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
—
Arthur Rubinstein
love
Theres nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and thats the truth.
—
Richie Sambora
love
Theres never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.
—
Carlos Santana
sun
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.
—
Clara Schumann
happiness
Im a special drunkard... I drink too much.
—
Bon Scott
drunk
I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.
—
Pete Seeger
self
Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
—
Andres Segovia
poetry
There are thousands of ragas, and they are all connected with different times of the day, like sunrise or night or sunset. It is all based on 72 of what we call mela or scales. And we have principally nine moods, ranging from peacefulness to praying, or the feeling of emptiness you get by sitting by the ocean.
—
Ravi Shankar
time
Who cant relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next?
—
Mike Shinoda
idea
Im fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. Id like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people dont like being alone because they truly dont like themselves, but I love me.
—
Gene Simmons
love
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