Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chaka Khan

You know, it's just tough to get together and do work with somebody.

Chaka Khan

To me, this degree was an acknowledgment of my work in music.

Edie Brickell

But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.

Edie Brickell

I have taken the marshmallows off the sweet potatoes, however. They would make a big pan of sweet potatoes and cover it with marshmallows. My kids would love it if I would do that for them!

Edie Brickell

And I was very comfortable with this band even when we disagreed. It takes a long time to feel comfortable enough to disagree with somebody. When everything happened, it just was really confusing. It's like our weaknesses were nurtured and brought out front by outsiders.

Edie Brickell

No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after.

Freddie Hubbard

I'm going to Yoshi's. I'm taking a few gigs. I'm playing. I'm not going to play all the time. I'm going to take it easy and take it slow and warm up so I can come back.

Freddie Hubbard

Yes, I can play. I can play. I can't play as long as I did and as hard, but I don't think I have to.

Freddie Hubbard

I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something.

Freddie Hubbard

When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it was very difficult to make gigs and make money with your own style.

Freddie Hubbard

Dizzy used to tell me that I am playing too hard. He used to say to not give everything. Miles used to tell me that too.

Freddie Hubbard

I had heard Ornette a couple of times, but I didn't really know where he was coming from until we started the record and it was beautiful, Fred. It opened up my mind.

Cher

In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete.

Christine Lavin

There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut; a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.

Larry Hovis

I had to be sure we were doing something tasteful.

Lamont Dozier

We wanted to guide the musicians, so we could create our own sound. We would never let the band just go in and play the chord sheets. We were very focused on what we had in mind for these productions.

Lee Hazlewood

Well, you'll find the most boring part of it is the waiting, at least if it's in films anyway. Television's a lot faster, but the product... I don't think it's as good as a film.

Lee Hazlewood

I tell ya, I could have got some more jobs if I'd tried, but I went to Sweden instead.

Lee Hazlewood

I always liked circuses, so I would have enjoyed that.

Lee Hazlewood

I used to not stutter any. Oh, I did when I was a kid, I stuttered, I had a bad stutter until I was probably between the second and third grade and a guy got rid of it for me.

I would be surprised if there weren't some owners who didn't want to get a deal done right now and get back to playing hockey.

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

Natalie Cole

I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up.

Lorin Maazel

In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical values that have always characterized our country and for which we have traditionally been honored and respected outside our shores.

Lou Gramm

Maybe some people have written us off, but I think the new music today has also invigorated us.

Lou Gramm

It was really terrific but Foreigner was nothing like Yes and that style did not suit our music.

Lou Gramm

It was a little at a time but I broke out my Walkman and my lyric pad and started writing.

Lou Gramm

I think we are looked upon as a veteran band.

Lou Gramm

For the next three plus years, I really was not in creative shape. That part of my brain was not functioning.

Lou Gramm

I had my own musical ideas that Mick helped me with as well.

Lou Gramm

We still play Foreigner songs. I play the songs that I was involved in writing.

Lou Gramm

We put out press releases to tell people what had happened to me and that I had a large weight gain but a lot of people still didn't know. The ones that didn't know were floored. That was a real humbling experience for me.

Larry Rivers

Any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.