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Quotes by Musician
"I wrote the tunes and sang only nonsense words. Then came Moore and dressed them with the lyrics."
"The fact that people still know us is, in my opinion, a result of our music and of the big money that runs the music industry today. The people who control the industry are accountants who recycle everything in new, nostalgic packages, and everything else, to make more money."
"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it."
"I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop."
"I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human."
"I'm a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I'm very emotional. I have high highs and low lows."
"I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young."
"I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver."
"I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make."
"I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent."
"The radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be."
"I don't listen to a lot of radio today. It's not really music to me."
"As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I'm writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan that out. Other times, I'll just sit and roll tape."
"People like my voice and say I can sing, but I don't like microphones in front of my face: it distracts me."
"I was known around the college for jamming in the lounge."
"Providence School of Art students used to sneak into P Funk concerts."
"My brain doesn't have enough time to play around like that. To get limber enough to have a nightmare."
"A song called Never. Which we never play. But it's a great song."
"I was never able to get through Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. I've never been able to make it through. And I love the Smashing Pumpkins, they're one of my favorite bands ever, but I've never been able to listen to the whole thing all the way through."
"No, we'll never get back together. We'll remain friends, but I see her going in a completely different direction than me musically. But she'll end up doing really well if she continues on the path she's on. Because she's doing something very original."
"People stopped hanging out with me at the point when I stopped doing drugs. All of a sudden they didn't wanna hang out with me anymore. And I would have hung out with them. I mean they were killing themselves, but I still would have hung out with them."
"He's a tremendous guy. And what's more, he's virtually a genius in the field of management."
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