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I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just

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 passionately at that time. – David Bowie

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Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I dont think Im camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage. – David Bowie

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It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be. – David Bowie

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And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, Im going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, Im going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan. – David Bowie

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I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set. – Sting

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We have been working with Habitat for Humanity and we have built eighty homes, 80% of which are being lived in by New Orleans musicians. It is called the Musicians Village and at the center is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself wandering the musical hallways of my past and reacquainting myself with music I havent listened to in years. – Susan Orlean

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I sure saw a lot of kids that Im sure didnt know a lot about us, or we were definitely new to them. The kids who came up to me afterward, wed talk about music, sign a lot of autographs. So Im sure we made a lot of new fans. – Joan Jett

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