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The truth is far from you, so you know you got to lie. Then you're all the time defending what you can never justify.
Bob Dylan
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'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
Joseph Brackett
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We never expected anything, actually. I think we still don't expect anything. We were proud of the album when we finished it, so whatever success it has we are just like, 'Wow, cool.' It's not going to change the way we work or think. I'm as proud of this record now as I was when we finished it.
John Dolmayan
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You know, [his voice trembling, hoarse, no more than a whisper] I always thought I'd go first. a
Eddie Vedder
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I thank the Lord for the night time To forget the day.
Neil Diamond
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And after it rains
There's a rainbow
And all of the colors are black
Its not that the colors aren't there
It's just imagination they lack.
Simon & Garfunkel
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You have to blow off your family. You have to blow off comfort. You have to blow off money.... You have to blow off your ego. You have to blow off everything except your guitar.
Townes Van Zandt
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I treat the act of making a record very much like working in a laboratory, experimenting with sounds and ideas... Whoever chooses to latch onto it, great; whoever doesn't, that's fine, too. The reaction always pales in comparison to the weight of the act of production.
M. Ward
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That's the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang.
Sam Cooke
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If I had a box just for wishes and dreams that had never come true, the box would be empty, except for the memory of how they were answered by you.
Jim Croce
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If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
Lana Del Rey
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It's mighty strange without a doubt, nobody knows you when you're down and out.
Jimmy Cox
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But more I cannot wish you Than to wish you find your love Your own true love this day.
Frank Loesser
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I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.
Loretta Lynn
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We cannot evangelize until we have been evangelized. This happens most powerfully through solitary prayer.
John Michael Talbot
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On the road again, goin' places that I've never been. Seein' things that I may never see again, and I can't wait to get on the road again.
Willie Nelson
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I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of,
So tell me now and I won't ask again,
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Carole King
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Here I am, on the road again. There I am, up on the stage. Here I go, playing star again. There I go, turn the page.
Bob Seger
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There is nothing more personal than your values. What you will and won't do to get ahead, the lines you will and won't cross to win, whom you will and won't step on for personal gain, are at the very core of your code of honor. And your code of honor determines your character. And your character is who you are. Behind closed doors. When nobody is watching.
Patti LaBelle
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The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.
Rosanne Cash
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I know a place
Ain't nobody crying
Ain't nobody worried
Ain't no smiling faces
Lying to the races
I'll take you there.
Al Bell
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There's some records that sell millions of copies, that it's really unclear if anybody liked it who was making it, y'know?
Elliott Smith
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Cigarette holder,
which wigs me,
over her shoulder
she digs me:
Out cattin'
that Satin Doll.
Johnny Mercer
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You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf. I'll never learn to be just me, first by myself.
Carly Simon
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I couldn't think or eat nothin' unless it was Hank Williams, and I couldn't wait for his next record to come out. He had to be, really, the greatest.
George Jones
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