Affliction Quote by Jimmy Scott

It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed…

— Yo-Yo Ma

Everything that happened to me as a child was the perfect breeding ground for a rock n' roll singer. It toughened me up. I…

— Jimmy Barnes

I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you know, all my stuff…

— Roseanne Barr

Music is my happiness, my joy, and when my body wasn't right I couldn't get into my music without being healed, without being healthy.

— Sharon Jones

I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel…

— Daryl Hall

Living in a community with very wounded people, I came to see that I had lived most of my life as a tightrope artist…

— Henri Nouwen

Music has touched me deeply, sometimes to tears. But at the same time it's been life-affirming, because I've been grateful for the fact that…

— Brian Molko

Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life, between my…

— Trey Anastasio

I wanted to sing about things that moved me and experiences I had collected throughout life.

— Alice Merton

I have a fan who suffered with leukemia, and apparently, the only thing that helped him through that was my music, so of course…

— James Arthur

Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth it backed me up and shielded me, it shook…

— Carrie Brownstein