Around the world Quote by Kinky Friedman

My books are personal: I'm not saying they're the Bible of music.

— Eddie Trunk

Musicians always respected me because they knew I'm a huge music lover and I know what I'm talking about.

— Perez Hilton

In many respects most of the books I write deal with well-known people. I think of those books as more about me than about…

— Adam Braver

The old-timers schooled me good. They brainwashed me to respect music, whether we were playing rockabilly or blues or rock and roll.

— Dr. John

People who listen to them properly don't underestimate them. Unfortunately, there's so much about my career and me that distracts people from the actual…

— Madonna Ciccone

I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me.

— Chantal Kreviazuk

Every person I've met has influenced my songs.

— James Blunt

Music and books, I think, were the two things I trusted the most as a child - songs and books.

— Mary Gauthier

I think, for a while, my music was exclusively for those who shared my beliefs. But I realized I was perpetuating the bubble that…

— Andy Mineo

I was criticized by some people for my first album because they said I was taking sacred music. They knew nothing about what I…

— Dr. John

I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.

— Kevin Barry

I was an absolute idiot, wearing polo-necks, reading Kerouac, watching Woody Allen movies, and jazz fitted right into all of that. My interest in…

— Jamie Cullum