It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing over the top. And as an instrument for solos, you can bend notes, draw emotional content out of tiny movements, vibratos and tonal things which even a piano can't do.


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Doing musicals and theatrical productions, I never did any of my hits.
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I turned up to all my son's performances and baseball games because my father never did that for...
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I was very wary of repeating my father's behaviour and did everything not to act like he did.
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Most definitely, my dad was my biggest influence.
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My first five albums were triple-platinum, and I played a lot of concerts.
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The television and film business has never really been kind or compassionate, in general.
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It's amazing what happens to your body as you get a little older.
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I didn't end up some sad, tragic guy singing in a lounge somewhere. I never went out and took bi...
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Nobody likes to be rejected, you know?
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I nearly died twice after I replaced Michael Crawford in 'EFX.'
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I work for me, 18 hours a day. It's my gig. So I don't have time to get a point of view.
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I don't listen to the news or read newspapers. I don't know what's going on in this worl...
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You cannot make a teenage idol.
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It's a difficult journey when you're going through a divorce, is it not, for anyone?
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Thoroughbred racing is really my true passion. I'm living my dream.
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I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and perfo...
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If you put the talent of all my brothers together, they wouldn't add up to the talent that was i...
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I'm never going to retire and say, 'This is it. This is my last show.' I will not go on ...
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I was silver-white by the time I was 35, but having grey hair makes me look washed out. My wife and ...
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I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat und...
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I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.
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All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger...
DAVID BOWIE
I read in one fan magazine that I was very self-centered. And I am.
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We are too occupied with celebrity. Believe me, it's not what it's cracked to be.
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All I had done for five years was work 18 hours a day all over the world. I needed to step back and ...
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Everything in my life was about performance when I was doing 'The Partridge Family.'
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My mother, Evelyn, was an actress and singer, and my father, Jack, was an actor. My earliest recolle...
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Once they began doing 'Celebrity Apprentice,' apparently the audience wasn't that keen o...
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My music was never considered cool, but I've always felt that connection with the audience.
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I've always had a special relationship with the U.K. fans, because even when I wasn't workin...
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My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I.
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I don't play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows.
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I don't need to remind myself of the trophies. I know what I accomplished.
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What I want is credibility I got as a songwriter and actor and doing 'Blood Brothers' on Bro...
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In the '80s, it was difficult and frustrating to appear in the theater and TV again, even though...
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All that stuff - 'teen idol' - that wasn't me.
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I wasn't ever a bad guy, and I was never arrested or anything like that, but I was a wild boy in...
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I saw Jimi Hendrix - it must have been four times. And he was incomparable, and his legend lives on.
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Acting was absolutely my first focus. I graduated high school in L.A., and two weeks afterwards, I m...
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I've really sensed that people have an affection for me.
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I've done an enormous amount of bringing light into people's lives, and I'm very proud o...
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I bought my first horse when I was 15. I always loved racing and I started studying about breeding a...
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I've always had a love for horses since I was really young. When I was 5 years old, the only thi...
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My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.
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In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot.
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I played in garage bands and rock and roll bands when I was in junior high and high school and saw s...
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