Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chantal Kreviazuk

The real excitement comes from continually making records that I'm really proud of and finding my identity in the record making process.

Geddy Lee

When I do a take, I very often try things that I haven't planned to try to see if I can pull it off.

Sebastian Bach

So, it ended up being what you have there, seven songs brand new and ten live songs which is a good mix.

When I'm playing with the band or playing with some projects or some of my own stuff it's about the musical approach. That would be the more turntablist approach to things of where it's strictly about music.

We're on tour to kind of explain why we do what we do, how its done and how we put it together.

Even though you were radiated doesn't mean you get to have that sort of power.

Dear motorist on the information superhighway. I'm sorry I do not have a car.

I realized that we were all sort of conspiring, well, not conspiring against each other, but all this cloak and dagger stuff and I was like; what is this?

Eventually we want to do a puppet musical with turntables in the orchestra pit.

Eventually it just got really crazy. Less and less oxygen in the apartment.

There's individual turntable setups devoted to piano, bass, drums and a set for soloing as well. We like to try and explore the gamut of what a turntable can do.

It's funny how making odd noises can get you into strange situations sometimes.

When I started, there weren't that many kids doing it in the city, but the in the wave after me there were a lot of them and they actually never spoke to each other.

Nothing to do with anything, something to do with everything.

Nicole Appleton

I could see us doing solo material in the future.

Nicole Appleton

It's really exciting and kind of special, especially having our own band. It's just completely different.

Alannah Myles

Make sure you love what you do or it will eat you alive.

Gordon Lightfoot

I don't think they should regulate the music field. I don't see how they can regulate the arts.

Gordon Lightfoot

I know that we're being inexorably taken over by the Americans. Without a doubt. I don't mean invaded or anything like that, just taken over. By degrees.

Gordon Lightfoot

I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.

Deborah Cox

Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting to do theatre, and it's great.

Corey Hart

I think you can learn as much from success as you can from failure.

Diana Krall

That's why these songs have lasted as long as they have because they're just about feelings that don't change. They are love songs, they are not specific, those kinds of feelings don't change.

Diana Krall

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

Paul Anka

My demographic of people have been very supportive.

Paul Anka

I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes.

Bruce Cockburn

There was a lot more music than the size of the place would indicate.

Bruce Cockburn

All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am.

Bruce Cockburn

The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.

Chantal Kreviazuk

When I get up and play, I'm not having to sell myself because people are coming in with an open mind even if they haven't heard me before.

Melissa Auf der Maur

I am for sure a redhead and there aren't that many of us out there in music.

Geddy Lee

When I usually go to my studio to work, I start with something that is going to take two minutes just to put some idea down and the next thing I know, ten hours have gone by and my family is screaming at me because they want me to come up to have dinner with them.

Oscar Peterson

You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.