To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't know where life's going, but soon it will be gone. I hope the wind that's blowing helps me carry on. Turn on the radio, baby listen to my song. Turn on the night light baby, I'm gone. ~Marc Cohn
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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I'm a songwriter first. ~Carole King
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I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out. ~Yelawolf
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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I like to play music; play guitar; I love that. Play some golf in the summer. Just relax, enjoy the summer. That's nice. ~Henrik Lundqvist
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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