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.

Neil Young

I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it.

Sebastian Bach

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

Melissa Auf der Maur

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

Joni Mitchell

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms.

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.

Alex Lifeson

Rush has never been a spontaneous group. We may be spontaneous in our writing, we may be spontaneous as individuals in our day to day lives... certainly I think am and always have been, but I think when it comes to Rush and our presentation of our music it's quite controlled.

Alex Lifeson

Certainly after the tragedy in Neil's life, we were holding out hope for his recovery. It wasn't too promising at the time and obviously you get to the point of thinking that that is it.

Alex Lifeson

But when Neil called, I have to say that my heart soared. And the reason was, because it said so much about his recovery... that he was coming back to the world of the living.

Alex Lifeson

But I think the credit has to go to Geddy... he spent a lot of time in the studio with Paul, I think he needed that kind of focus to be in there to be a part of the whole thing, and for the most part he made all the major decisions.

Alex Lifeson

I mean, you go to the internet and you can see all these conversations and arguments that our fans have about our music and that's wonderful to know, that people would take the time to be that involved.

Alex Lifeson

And on top of that, when we work together we have a wonderful working relationship we push each other we challenge each other we laugh 80% of the time that we are together we're very fortunate.

Alex Lifeson

You know, we have a long history of covering different periods of this band's development with a live record... a sort of live thing that would be done for three or four records, and that was the intention with this particular package.

Deborah Cox

It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these great performers have been. The clubs are way more underground.

Deborah Cox

From beginning to end it's about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters.

Deborah Cox

So I did 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven' and the original version is a ballad. The original Phil record is uptempo but we slowed it down and made it a ballad.

Deborah Cox

I've always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I'm not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience.

Deborah Cox

I wanted to do Dreamgirls. If they're doing a stage production of Sparkle, I think that would be hot.

Deborah Cox

I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when I've had far more experiences.

Deborah Cox

The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it.

Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

Alannah Myles

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

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.

Nicole Appleton

I could see us doing solo material in the future.