This band is a real collaboration, and I'm greatful to anybody who can appreciate our music. It doesn't have to be a certain kind of fan or person or anything. I think there's a little bit of something for everybody on this record.
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Related As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and ... JOHN FRUSCIANTE Music doesn't really require whether the person's a young person or old person for whatever ... LEON REDBONE I don't think I'll be remembered in a big Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin way. I think I'l... SKRILLEX I think it's still kind of weird to memorize a line, because you're supposed to 'be'... AMY SEDARIS I think there's a, you know, certain kind of freedom for me when I get on stage. Maybe it's ... LIV WARFIELD The one kind of person I have a lot of trouble understanding is the kind of person that says the exi... PENN JILLETTE I'm very much a believer in the character always heading for something or after something. But t... MONICA DOLAN I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'... SAM SMITH I'm not really a strange person or anything, so if there's music I like, usually there's... BEN FOLDS And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your record... JOAN JETT I'm a big fan of 'Glee.' I think it's really smart. And I think it's well-timed.... CORY MONTEITH Chemistry is a hard thing. I don't think you can force it, and it doesn't necessarily mean t... TRICIA HELFER I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmi... IGGY AZALEA It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a ya... DAVID LEE ROTH I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signin... SIMON COWELL I'm not a big fan of kids' movies that have this knowing snarkiness to them or this post-mod... JOHN C. REILLY It's a little bit more like I want to give this to the people that are really into it first - I ... KIP WINGER I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I ha... WILFORD BRIMLEY I'd like to do a record that doesn't even reference actual places. Because I think it's ... SUFJAN STEVENS 'Lucky' is for laughs, and there's really nothing funny that I'm doing on 'Dexte... COLIN HANKS I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don... DAVID SANBORN In the countryside, litter doesn't have a friend. It doesn't have anybody who's saying, ... BILL BRYSON 'Something/Anything?' was kind of a different record, since I'm playing everything mysel... TODD RUNDGREN Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn... IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM I think it's easy for people to say, 'Because you do this, you must be this kind of person, ... LAMAR ODOM There's no place for Depeche Mode and the Sisters of Mercy in the music I make with my band. If ... ANDY BIERSACK I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then ... LAURYN HILL There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a soun... YOLANDA ADAMS I think my iTunes is a kind of strange and embarrassing mix of show tunes and artists that I have no... ANNA KENDRICK I'm just going to be myself; there's no reason for me to try and go out there and put a cert... PAIGE VANZANT I'm actually a very lazy person. Most of the time, I'm happy to sit around and stare. Or wat... VIKRAM SETH Just because I'm in favor of gay rights doesn't mean that I'm gay or doesn't mean I&... SCOTT FUJITA When I record somebody else's song, I have to make it my own or it doesn't feel right. I'... JOHNNY CASH I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice,... DENIS LEARY I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan of ... PENN JILLETTE I think I'm prouder of 'The Victim' than anything else, just because, if nothing else, i... MICHAEL BIEHN Lazy doesn't exist. Lazy is a symptom of something else. The person who can't get up off the... JILLIAN MICHAELS There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plan... EDDIE MURPHY I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he... WALTER CRONKITE I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have poster... HUGH JACKMAN If I'm going to do something a little bit more adult, I'll do it if it's going to be on ... MELISSA JOAN HART Cooking, to me, it's kind of therapeutic. It's completely different from music as well. I... PHILLIP PHILLIPS I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if m... Q'ORIANKA KILCHER Josh is the guy in the band who's just so friendly and super, wanting to walk up to you and say,... TYLER JOSEPH Whenever you write music, you want it to touch people on a certain level. I mean, I've been read... OLLY MURS Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, de... DALTON TRUMBO I'm a real person. I have real feelings. I have real thoughts. It's a quality people like ab... GERRY COONEY Remixes come very quickly, because you already have the melody and the vocals. I have a great passio... TIESTO I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or... LANDON DONOVAN The music speaks for itself. You either like it or you don't, or you're somewhere in between... BUN E. CARLOS I would do a Byrds tour or a Byrds record in a minute. I miss that band now. I've tried to convi... DAVID CROSBY I thought I had everything going for me. I wasn't listening to nobody. And my dad was like, '... JIDENNA I won't look online. The whole fan thing makes me self-conscious, which is not to say I don'... DAVID DUCHOVNY I think people are transient. Back in the early church, there was a 'stick and stay' mentali... MARVIN SAPP I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just t... KATE WINSLET I think the T-Shirt bra is really special for Victoria's Secret because it's that kind of si... BEHATI PRINSLOO People either think I'm this totally savage, idiot-savant genius guy who's lucked out or the... IRVINE WELSH I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you... RALPH BROWN My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through... TAYLOR SWIFT I was the kid growing up who would play with G.I. Joes in a pink dress and then run off to play with... ADRIANNE PALICKI It's of very little importance to me that I was born gay. It doesn't make me a better athlet... JOHNNY WEIR It's difficult to have everybody like everything you do. I don't know anybody that's per... GORDON BETHUNE A lot of people who have been perceiving my music have been trying to formulate a genre for it, and ... KING KRULE I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes and clothes and make-up. ... HILARY DUFF I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great... SHAUN CASSIDY I'm a fan of polarization. If you make something that is palatable to everybody, it's like m... CHRIS STAPLETON System of a Down is the music that I wanted to buy but couldn't find at the store. It's the ... DARON MALAKIAN I don't think of my music in terms of a career. I just want to get it out there and do it. I'... BRYAN GREENBERG Not every relationship works, and that is the truth, and I don't care whether you're a movie... GOLDIE HAWN There's no subtext in 'Harry Potter,' really; it's all magic - anything can happen. ... MICHAEL GAMBON I don't want to think that anything is off limits for me to write about, but I also don't wa... J. D. SOUTHER Let's talk about Connie Britton, who I love. I don't know of a person who doesn't love h... MAGGIE CAREY There's a misconception that maybe I'm overly confident or a little vapid or that I am a ste... MEGAN FOX I wouldn't say that I was ever a fan of MTV. I was a guy on MTV. I don't think I was ever in... DAVID GIUNTOLI I'm a fan of Jerome Kern and Gershwin. That's my kind of music. SHIRLEY JONES I'm a huge Marlene Dietrich fan. She's got this raunchy kind of strength. It would be hard t... JESSICA PARE Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other t... NANCY FARMER There's a certain level of realness in Philly. You know, just - people are people. You know, it ... JILL SCOTT I never liked feeling like the world needed to have labels on everything, whether it's people or... LINDSEY STIRLING Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer. CHICK HEARN There seems to be a peculiar kind of clamor for comics. And I'm not sure how much a part of real... CHRIS WARE I want to make the music that people remember, and it doesn't need a trend; it doesn't need ... TESSANNE CHIN This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is... BETTY CARTER The only time I eat alone is if I'm really tired or upset about something or on the phone to one... DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a ... SAM SMITH A lot of music doesn't do one thing or another. It just doesn't do anything. Then there are ... DAVID LYNCH On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them hav... CONOR OBERST It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If wome... VERA WANG I do covers for CDs and LPs of music that I like, reissues of old-time music, and then I'm inspi... ROBERT CRUMB There's always been a confusion about my sensibility. 'Is he kind of edgy, or is he Carol Bu... DANA CARVEY I don't really care if people think I'm good-looking or not; it doesn't define me as a p... GENESIS RODRIGUEZ I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo... CHRIS MARTIN I'm a bit of a slag... Some people don't think it's very nice, but I don't care... I... ROBBIE WILLIAMS I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don'... SIA A romantic is someone who believes that something is valuable even if it doesn't last. And a non... SEBASTIAN FAULKS In hip-hop, what you have is you have a lot of formulaic-type bands or rappers that come up. They sa... SIR MIX-A-LOT Almost all of my jobs have been on locations. And I think you can be that person who says, 'I ha... ERIN CUMMINGS I'm the type of person who doesn't hope, dream or wish for things. I work and work and work. LILLY SINGH I have to feel myself doing what's right. If I'm the arbiter of that instead of letting the ... TIM COOK You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap sta... BRANDON FLOWERS
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