Singer-songwriters Quotes - Page 2

We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's what I try to do, and what I want to do. You don't want to close the door on hope.

Merle Haggard

Life, Music, Hope

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If you love someone, set them free.

Sting

Love, Relationship, Freedom

Song: (If You Love Somebody) Set Them Free

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Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

Kurt Cobain

Inspirational, Being Yourself, Love Yourself

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It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people

Woody Guthrie

Jobs, People, Comforting

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I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.

John Lydon

Music, Song, Writing

Interview With Jason Heller, music.avclub.com. April 6, 2010.

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The future hasn't happened yet and the past is gone. So I think the only moment we have is right here and now, and I try to make the best of those moments, the moments that I'm in.

Annie Lennox

Life, Appreciation, Future

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Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

John Lennon

Inspirational, Life, Friendship

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Music is my higher power

Oliver James

Music, Power, Religion

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Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

Chuck Berry

Dog, African American, Musician

Chuck Berry (1987). “Chuck Berry: The Autobiography”, Random House Value Publishing

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You change the world by being yourself.

Yoko Ono

Inspirational, Change, Being Yourself

Twitter post from Feb 15, 2013

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Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.

Andrea Bocelli

Perseverance, Fate, Destiny

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Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.

John Lennon

Love, Relationship, Romantic

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If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

Dolly Parton

Inspirational, Funny, Inspiring

Twitter post from Sep 09, 2009

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Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart.

Margaret Cho

Funny, Heart, Order

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You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

Bob Dylan

Inspirational, Opportunity, Doors

Song: Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie

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I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Kurt Cobain

Love, Inspirational, Tattoo

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

Leonard Cohen

Life, Motivational, Inspiring

Song: Anthem

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If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

Marvin Gaye

Inspirational, Wisdom, Peace

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

Jimi Hendrix

Love, Inspirational, Life

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The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.

Jimi Hendrix

Love, Music, Sacrifice

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Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

Don Henley

Inspirational, Letting Go, Life Changing

Song: My Thanksgiving

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I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

Brian Wilson

Emotional, Thinking, Feelings

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Do what makes you feel good. Remind yourself of what you're good at and make sure you do that.

Jessie J

Feel Good, Feelings, Positive Work

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.

Waylon Jennings

Death, Loss, Tragedy

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There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.

Barry White

Music, Baby, Nice

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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