Famous quotes by Musicians

Courtney Love, Musician

"He was so gorgeous... Kurt. I don't know how I got lucky that way"

Courtney Love, Musician

"God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?"

Whitney Houston, Musician

"Rock 'n' roll is much easier if you're white"

Kid Rock, Musician

"If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him "pop". Don't tell him "rock'n'roll" or they won't even let you in the hotel"

Buddy Holly, Musician

"If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If it's marketed right, you'll buy it. But... if it's real, you'll feel it"

Kid Rock, Musician

"Sleep, my friend, and you will see that dream is my reality"

James Hetfield, Musician

"Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want"

James Hetfield, Musician

"Without Elvis, none of us could have made it"

Buddy Holly, Musician

"It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music"

Tom Petty, Musician

"It's better to burn out, then to fade away"

Tom Petty, Musician

"Where I come from, it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?' and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead"

Lady Gaga, Musician

"War is not civilized"

Talib Kweli, Musician

"Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because pretty soon that light will be shinning on somebody else. So you better do it while you can"

Buck Owens, Musician

"You go to LA, or you go to New York, and it's really fun to go there. But they're not grounded. Everybody is just competing all the time for the limelight. It's too much entertainment industry. There are too many choices. And it's distracting to me"

Bob Seger, Musician

"I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically"

Lady Gaga, Musician

"'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud"

Lady Gaga, Musician

"Lady Gaga is my name. If you know me, and you call me Stefani, you don't really know me at all"

Lady Gaga, Musician

"If you are not being bullied all I would say - cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well - is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there's someone in your class that maybe doesn't have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person"

Lady Gaga, Musician

"People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it-ignorance is when you choose not to understand something"

Sarah McLachlan, Musician

"If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward"

Victor Borge, Musician

"It's what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was their main motivation and it worked for them. I remember reading that and thinking that was the way to do it"

Jonny Greenwood, Musician

"I suppose all of us - we have the old Protestant work ethic of feeling guilty when you're not working, and getting a buzz from feeling like you're really busy. That's the reason to sort of carry on"

Jonny Greenwood, Musician

"And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music"

Joan Jett, Musician

"This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it"

Jon Bon Jovi, Musician

"My father invented a cure for which there was no disease, and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it"

Victor Borge, Musician

"Time is a beautiful thing. It's like when you meet an old lover on the street six years later and they don't look so ugly anymore"

Sarah McLachlan, Musician

"If somebody asks me to recommend a young good singer, I always do"

Maureen Forrester, Musician

"Laughter is the closest distance between two people"

Victor Borge, Musician

"I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't"

Victor Borge, Musician

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