Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Musicians - Page 14

Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion.

To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character.

The right scent can make you feel a little more stylish, but it should never eclipse who you are. It should complement who you are.

We can't stop a baby in Africa from starving to death... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over.

Only dumb people are happy.

I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.

Anything I do, I want to do it well.

Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.

My approach is to be open and honest.

No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.

Ethics are more important than laws.

Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.

Fame itself... doesn't really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.

Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.

As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the media's power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind.

I'm trying to get to Mars before everyone else.

It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.

I have no patience for anyone who thinks they've figured things out, no patience for people who think they're right at the expense of everyone else. The world is too connected and too complicated to conform to any of our rigid ideas of what it should be like.

My teenage years were exactly what they were supposed to be. Everybody has their own path. It's laid out for you. It's just up to you to walk it.

We are raising a generation of kids where everyone gets a trophy. But in real life, everyone don't get a trophy.

Money doesn't make me - I make the money.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

I do have very small handwriting.

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

I have yet to see someone attack Obama over his report card. A lot of people I talk to from both sides of the fence are like, 'Well, what about this economy? What about these incidents?' There are still no answers except time, but time is the answer for everything.

I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.

It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

Fashion is more about feel than science.

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

I have a sneaking suspicion that all religions lead to the same place, a very unified place.

I'm not going to stop being who I am.

Nothing's handed to you on a silver platter. Everything takes work, no matter how many records you put out.

I'm a junior - like Dinosaur Jr.

With dancing, I think the reason it's worked for me, and I love it so much, is because I've trained my entire life. Once you train, you develop your own aesthetic and your confidence. So I think, as I grow, I'm learning how to be a singer. I'm training my voice and being on stage and singing and dancing.

I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.

I'm not a fan of public school at all; I think it's one of the greatest catastrophes of American history.

Fleetwood Mac was one big lesson in adaptation for me. There were five very different personalities, and I suppose that made it great for a while.

I totally lucked out by meeting a lot of amazing people. I guess it stems from going to shows and being confident enough to meet people and be able to talk to them like a normal person rather than have my head down all the time.

It's about the music, not the color of the person playing the music.

To be what you want to be, you must give up being what you are.

It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.

When there's so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you've already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

When it comes to luck, you make your own.

If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom.

We truly believe with hard work, dedication and perseverance, we can become the best at what we do. No one wants to become mediocre.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.

You should never trust anything reported by the media. Their first priority is to spread propaganda; their second priority is to make money. They never really care if they tell the truth or not.

In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.

It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness.

I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know.

A woman is more than the sum of her parts.