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		Each culture has some knowledge. That's why I studied with Saj Dev, an Indian flute player. That's why I studied Stockhausen's music. The pygmies' music of the rain forest is very rich music. So the knowledge is out there. And I also believe one should seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. With that kind of inquisitiveness, one discovers things that were unknown before.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yusef Lateef 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I believe in giving back. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura San Giacomo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I really believe that visual representation and narrative are ways to convey important, complex ideas, and if the world is gravitating toward this form, then geez, I better do it myself. I want to do it myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Pink 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be this: don't let what has happened to the American economy happen here. Don't let Australia become a down-under version of New Jersey, where the people and the communities whose skills are no longer in demand get thrown on the scrap heap of life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wayne Swan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never thought then I'd be doing what I'm doing now. At my high school, being on the girls soccer team was the cool thing to do, but that was definitely never going to happen for me, so I played music. Not because everyone thought it was awesome, but for the love of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Voegele 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well, I happen to believe all business is female business. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Bernice Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. R. Rahman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Kruger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Verite 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. R. Rahman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wade Boggs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Bush 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kaskade