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		Metallica's the only band i've ever been in. I'm not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I'm going to put an ad in the paper saying, 'stupid drummer looking for stupid people to play music with,' Metallica is it and I think when that ceases, that's it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lars Ulrich 
			 
			
				Metallica  
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zack de la Rocha 
			 
			
				Rage Against the Machine  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Danson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I grew up playing about 15 instruments and the way that I was able to accomplish that was by cutting my classes, hanging out in the band room all day, and going from one instrument to the next to the next, until I learned how to play everything by ear. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Flavor Flav 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sure, we've had our fair share of ups and downs, but I don't know if we've had more than any other rock band... we just have a way of getting ourselves into hot water. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For a band like us tracklisting is a massive, massive task. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed O'Brien 
			 
			
				Radiohead  
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I get asked that almost every day, but I've been saying the same thing... I'm not going to take any more stupid questions about Donald Trump. It's not what I focus on every day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Hogan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'd be stupid not to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ because it was tough out there and I was nervous, and I felt his presence all day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Webb Simpson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The one album I can't live without is called 'Cumbolo' by a band called Culture. Every song on their album is deep, but there's one in particular called 'This Train.' I have a tattoo of the lyrics on my left arm. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idris Elba 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		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 
			 
			
				Hanson  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A couple of taxi drivers have asked me if we can survive financially as an independent nation. I say, how come we are more stupid than Denmark or Finland or Sweden? They've all got the same amount of people. Are we all going to down tools? Is everybody in Scotland going to stop working? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddi Reader 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember at one point, with a previous release of mine, I stumbled upon a shareware site, and the total number of downloads was in the thousands, maybe the hundreds of thousands. But there's no doubt that the Internet and that kind of sharing has been a huge benefit for the band. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		The idea of a band nowadays is 5 pretty boys, one with a tattoo, one with a shaved head, and on and on. What the fuck is that? I mean, I like Britney Spears, I think she's pretty, but I'm not from the Mickey Mouse Club-I'm from the Godzilla Club! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ozzy Osbourne 
			 
			
				Black Sabbath  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You ride in a limousine the first time, it’s a big thrill but after that it’s just a stupid car. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bruce Springsteen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If any one were to ask me what in my opinion was the dullest and most stupid spot on the face of the Earth, I should decidedly say Chelmsford. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charles Dickens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		(Carmine Crocco) In such a crowd, so numerous and composed of such heterogeneous elements, it might have appeared almost absurd to look for discipline; but perfect discipline there was, for, whatever his other qualities might be, Crocco most undoubtedly was a 'ruler of men'. His word in that band was law, and the punishment of disaffection was death. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charles Dickens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I would have loved to have been on the Band Aid record but I only heard about it when I was in Germany. I don’t know if they would have had me on the record anyway, because I’m a bit old. I’m just an old slag who gets up every morning, scratches his head and wonders what he wants to fuck. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Freddie Mercury 
			 
			
				Queen  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My dad plays guitar in the church band, so it's like music as a service. He plays at old-people homes, so that's like music as a gift. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lucy Dacus