I like to dance and sing when there's no one around, but, if I'm out, I'm really shy about it. So it takes a lot to get me going, but I enjoy being around music.

To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated... view

By: Barbara Walters

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We want to make sure that Social Security is fixed for those people who have had that promise and there's something in the future for our younger workers. And we're not about to do a welfare program... view

By: Dennis Hastert

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Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell... view

By: Dave Matthews

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What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh... view

By: Pete Townshend

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There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone... view

By: Duke Ellington

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I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time... view

By: Esther Williams

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Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light... view

By: Claude Debussy

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Advise for anybody - enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and don't be impatient... view

By: Robin Cousins

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My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else?.. view

By: Kevin Johnson

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In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?.. view

By: Jamie Foxx

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Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying... view

By: Neil Young

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Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time... view

By: Tony Visconti

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