Ani DiFranco quote: "I don't know if there are artists out there who love their own records. I haven't met any, and I'm kind of extreme in the other direction, but therein lies the impetus to keep working and keep making new songs and new records."

I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken serio...
EMINEM

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ADELE

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MIKE LEIGH

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HARUKI MURAKAMI

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STEPHANIE MILLS

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DAVID LYNCH

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KELLY JONES

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MARK HADDON

I don't know why I keep saying this, and I don't know why I keep using their names... And I&...
SHARON JONES

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HERMANN MAIER

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BEYONCE KNOWLES

I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the h...
MICHAEL TRUCCO

I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I&...
DOLLY PARTON

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ED SHEERAN

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EMILY RIOS

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EDDIE GUERRERO

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PAUL MERTON

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SELENA GOMEZ

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RICO LOVE

I don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover.
AL YANKOVIC

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ELLIOTT SMITH

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BENNY GREEN

I don't just throw out microwave records.
MISSY ELLIOTT

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CEELO GREEN

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RONNIE WOOD

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JILL DAVIS

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RICHARD SHERMAN

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ED WESTWICK

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AARON RODGERS

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GARRET DILLAHUNT

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GREG LASWELL

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BUZZ OSBORNE

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J. J. WATT

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DANIELLE DE NIESE

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SNOOP DOGG

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EMINEM

When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I have...
OSRIC CHAU

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SELENA GOMEZ

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LEONARD COHEN

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LISA LOEB

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EL DEBARGE

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ALICIA KEYS

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BONNIE TYLER

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MIRIAM MARGOLYES

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IRWIN ROSE

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JEAN-LUC BILODEAU

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EUGENE CERNAN

Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? W...
GENE CERNAN

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LANGHORNE SLIM

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KATE MICUCCI

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VIC MIGNOGNA

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MAREN MORRIS

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JOHN BRANCH

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ARIEL PINK

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JOHN MADDEN

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YANN TIERSEN

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STUART SCOTT

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JUICY J

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RANDY MOSS

I urge younger artists to know that you don't have to be anything you don't want. You can do...
TREY SONGZ

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PATRICK CARNEY

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CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

I'm not a DJ - I don't know how to scratch or mix records, but I know how to party, and I kn...
AMBER ROSE

There are a lot of different sides to me. I don't know if I'm always peaches-and-cream.
SHIRI APPLEBY

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MARLEE MATLIN

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GEORGE MICHAEL

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RICHARD MARX

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PARIS HILTON

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DON HENLEY

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ELAINE IRWIN

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J. H. WYMAN

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AARON LAZAR

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DESMOND DEKKER

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GEORGE BURNS

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IKUE MORI

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TERRY PRATCHETT

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KARA DIOGUARDI

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JOYCE MEYER

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SELENA GOMEZ

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BEN GIBBARD

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HUNTER HAYES

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KATE DEL CASTILLO

And I tell people I'm in charge of children, children I haven't even met yet.
DAVID DINKINS

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ANDY SERKIS

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BROOKE ELLIOTT

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VIDYA BALAN

I'm not on Facebook, and I don't tweet, but I know plenty of people who love both.
AARON SORKIN

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LIL UZI VERT

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KEVIN O'LEARY

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SHARON GLESS

I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records.
NILE RODGERS

World records at 19. I don't want that. Later, yes. And when it comes, I'll learn to live wi...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

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STEPHEN MERCHANT

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PALOMA FAITH

I love L.A., but I don't live there. I spent some time there when I was recording 'Kaleidosc...
TIESTO

I don't know if there are artists out there who love their own records. I haven't met any, and I'm kind of extreme in the other direction, but therein lies the impetus to keep working and keep making new songs and new records.

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Ani DiFranco

I don't know if there are artists out there who love their own records. I haven't met any, and I'm kind of extreme in the other direction, but therein lies the impetus to keep working and keep making new songs and new records.

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