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		Today, somewhere in America, there's a kid who's got a laptop and a guitar and a couple of his friends he's putting together to play drums and bass, who's gonna change the way we say things, the way that we dress, the way we view things, the music we hear, everything.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Benji Madden 
			 
			
				Good Charlotte  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Through every victory and every setback, I've insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn't meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I use my platform as a tool and a way to speak about greater change. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rafael Nadal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yuna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Raekwon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I talk about how he handles the blitz, or how he runs his offense. I talk as a fan. I don't want pink jerseys, and I don't want dumbed-down content. I want to be treated as a real fan - because I am proud to be one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karlheinz Stockhausen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Larson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - 'Lana Del Rey' reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yves Behar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing with me is, about that - about rock and all that - years and years of crate-digging, listening to old music, you kind of start to connect the dots. And I was seeing the thread that was connecting everything together, which is pretty much the blues. And everything soul or funk kind of starts with that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				D'Angelo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga, they said I was very theatrical and they said, 'You're Gaga'. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I don't think my vocals demand effects. I like reverb to a certain extent, but I don't want to hide my voice. I like stripped-down vocals, but I also like crazy, powerful, doubled vocals like in dance or electronic music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victoria Legrand 
			 
			
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		We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl T. Rowan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Actually, I don't even like parties. I would much prefer a room with four friends who sit around and have dinner. I detest nightclubs. And I don't like places where the noise is so loud you can't talk to people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Salman Rushdie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If our kids want to do music, they are going to have to have a hard row to hoe just like any other band under the sun, and they're going to have to want it more than anyone else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Isaac Hanson 
			 
			
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		A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		This is an extremely good result. I am delighted to have polled well above predictions. I go into the next round with real momentum. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Disneyland is a show. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walt Disney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my business, you should be very strong in mind. You have to be sure about yourself and about your work and your career, and you have to be strong inside because so many people come around and try to say bad things about you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Irina Shayk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Anibal Cavaco Silva 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm going to imprint myself on everything in this world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jaden Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Today, somewhere in America, there's a kid who's got a laptop and a guitar and a couple of his friends he's putting together to play drums and bass, who's gonna change the way we say things, the way that we dress, the way we view things, the music we hear, everything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Benji Madden 
			 
			
				Good Charlotte