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Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people… — Andrea Bocelli
The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us. It moves along passages that reach the most… — Andrea Bocelli
When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a… — Andrea Bocelli
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them. — Lisa Bonet
Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent… — Bono
If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting. — Bono
As hard as it is, as ghetto as it is, hip-hop is pop music. It's the sound of music getting out of the ghetto, while… — Bono
The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto. — Bono
What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music. — Bono
As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of… — Bono
The great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when they were closest to pop.… — Bono
I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my… — David Bowie
Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place. — David Bowie
Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of… — David Bowie
I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite… — David Bowie
I think its so cool that you can pick up the guitar and create something that didn't exist 5 minutes ago. You can write something… — Michelle Branch
I went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there. — Alain de Botton
The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as… — Anthony Bourdain
Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion. — Christina Aguilera
I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt. — Christina Aguilera
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music. — Christian Nestell Bovee
For me the visual is just as important as the music. — Christina Aguilera
I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir. — David Bowie

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