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Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain and the struggle in the blues is that universal pain that comes from having your heart broken. Most blues songs are not about social statements. Wynton Marsalis

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It's not just about getting a song on the radio or appearing on television. It really is about helping people change their lives one day at a time. Yolanda Adams

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Talent alone gets you nowhere. You really have to have the grit, and you gotta have a love for people. Zac Brown

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Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people. Ziggy Marley

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Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music, which is a positive way of life, which is a progressive way of life for better people. Ziggy Marley

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We just feel like history repeats itself. You ain't never going to see nothing brand new; you're only going to see when records are broken. And we're here to just set records and set trends and follow the footsteps that have been shown to us. Quavo

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Wealth is just consistency... I don't want to be rich. I want to be wealthy. Quavo

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Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it's not good when you have a goal and you're fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before. Queen Latifah

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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you. Quincy Jones

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Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything. Quincy Jones

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I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the machine; the machine works for you.' Quincy Jones

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I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace. A. R. Rahman

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I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing. Aaliyah

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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from. Aaliyah

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God is waiting for us, to forgive us all, and what is broken, he'll fix. Aaron Neville

God Broken Waiting He Fix Forgive Us

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect. Alanis Morissette

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I hate being ignored. Amanda Palmer

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