Frank Zappa Quote
If it wasn’t for rap there would be no poetry in America. I think we went from Walt Whitman to Ice-T.
- Frank Zappa to Jon Winokur
Benny Carter Quote
Let go of that hate in your heart, it will kill you quicker than cancer.
- Benny Carter (Saxophonist and Composer)
Madonna Quote
I’ve been popular and unpopular, successful and unsuccessful, loved and loathed, and I know how meaningless it all is… therefore I feel free to take risks.
- Madonna
James Brown Quote
I’ve outdone anyone you can name – Mozart, Beethoven, Back, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1001 tunes… I wrote 5500.
- James Brown
Ed Gardner Quote
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of bleeding, he sings.
- Ed Gardner
Tina Turner Quote
I spent, let’s see, thirty-five years in America performing. I’ve already done it in America; they remember me. I’ve done some good stuff there. So, now, I’m in another part of the world. If you’re not successful in your own country, go where your success is.
- Tina Turner
Jeff Clayton Quote
The definition of success is start at the top and work your way down to the bottom.
- Jeff Clayton, Saxophonist
DMX Quote
I wish people would stop taking pictures of me while I’m eating. I can handle the rest.
- DMX (On being a star)
Robert Plant Quote
The way I see it, rock ‘n’ roll is folk music.
- Robert Plant
DJ Kool Herc Quote
I made something from nothing, a culture for the kids, and now it’s a multimillion-dollar business worldwide… None of those dollars came back to me… But I’m still here. Like my man Elton John says, “I’m still standing.”
- DJ Kool Herc, Originator of Hip Hop
