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		I read a lot - surveys of vernacular music. A lot of it is the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music, which I've loved since I was in high school. They had it at the library and I always thought that was interesting, even when I was into punk and stuff. Just the history of storytelling and the amount of melancholy a lot of old music has.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bradford Cox 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Paglia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my relationship with a young guy I was going with in a band - his name was Sylvester, and I think he had another little girl on the side - I told him, 'If you lose me, you're going to lose a good thing.' And I went home and put that poem to music. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbara Lynn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Natasha Bedingfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We moved from the East coast to the town of Spokane, Washington, when I was about 13 years old, and I did not adapt very well to the, to the style of the place, and I spent most of my time in the public library. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Irwin Rose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like being 35, I like having a bit of money to spend on music and useless gadgets. The net is providing new ways to communicate and cooperate that just didn't exist in the 80s. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malcolm Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I just love, love going around and traveling and bringing the music to people. They just make you feel so happy that you came. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mandy Patinkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Ek 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If it's music, I love it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Jackson 
			 
			
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		I met Kim Kardashian the other week, and she knew who I was! I walked in the room, and she was like, 'I should text Kanye saying you're here; he showed me your music.' It's really hard to digest. Also, I don't think you should digest stuff like that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nat King Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cameron Crowe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Generally, I'm not writing about genomes or anything like that. But people underestimate the creativity you use in science and the rigor you need in music. They basically have the same path. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pardis Sabeti