Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music part is fun, but the business side of it is just so out of control, has nothing to do with anything.
Dweezil Zappa
Related The music business has a lot of competition. Making music for the process of just making it is impor... EMANUEL MCGLADREY I decided to do whatever I could to make sure the business side of music didn't intrude on the c... TRACY CHAPMAN Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light. GINA GREENLEE We wrote a little manifesto with just some ideas on how this digital revolution could transform musi... PETER GABRIEL It would be nice to have it out of the way so I could just concentrate on hockey, ... But this is th... ANDREW LADD I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Everyday people all over the world take advantage of life, they abuse it and dice with it.Life is so... GARY F EVANS... I've worked hard, but this business can be tough, and I just consider myself incredibly lucky to... TAYLOR HAWKINS Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY Seems like more and more of the technical side, quality, and sound of music is of higher importance ... ELLIS HADLOCK The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything... NAS You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS When I started working with him, that's when I started seeing the legit side of the music business. ... AJ CASE There is only one classroom in which to learn: 1. The work of God. 2. The will of God. 3. The trustw... ELISABETH ELLIOT The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for tre... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Chrome Shop Mafia is the fun side of the business. We have a blast. BRYAN MARTIN It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II That is what I miss I about college and high school ball so much is that it has no business side to ... DANTE HALL The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to... DAVID LYNCH But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is abou... WARREN CUCCURULLO My mother comes from the Dominican Republic, so I have the Latin side in me, and I grew up with Gyps... CYRILLE AIMEE It would be a way to focus on the research-and-development part of the drug business, and let someon... ERIC THORNE We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.' ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha... ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person. ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me... ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au... ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about. ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media. ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive. ZARA PHILLIPS The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ... ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken. ZARA PHILLIPS Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows. ZARA PHILLIPS My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, real... ZARA PHILLIPS The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise tha... ZARA PHILLIPS In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. ... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don... ZARA PHILLIPS I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd ra... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one. ZARA PHILLIPS Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs. KING JAMES I My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them... MARIE ANTOINETTE I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascina... WALLIS SIMPSON PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' bea... WALLIS SIMPSON I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the w... WALLIS SIMPSON I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave. WALLIS SIMPSON I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me. WALLIS SIMPSON A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compe... WALLIS SIMPSON Never explain, never complain. WALLIS SIMPSON You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance. WALLIS SIMPSON I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers. WALLIS SIMPSON For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat. WALLIS SIMPSON Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting. WALLIS SIMPSON You can never be too rich or too thin. WALLIS SIMPSON A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. KING SOLOMON
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FRANK ZAPPA The language and concepts contained herein are guaranteed not to cause eternal torment in the place ... FRANK ZAPPA Some people crave baseball - I find this unfathomable but I can easily understand why a person could... FRANK ZAPPA People, wake up Figure it out Religious fanatics Around and about The Court House, The State House, ... FRANK ZAPPA Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he need... FRANK ZAPPA Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk FRANK ZAPPA Music is always a commentary on society. FRANK ZAPPA I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be a product of plasticity. FRANK ZAPPA One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agre... FRANK ZAPPA If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they'll murder you in your sleep FRANK ZAPPA I think pop music has done more for oral intercourse than anything else that ever happened, and vice... FRANK ZAPPA It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the long-range effects ... FRANK ZAPPA Anything, Any time, Anywhere - for no Reason at All. FRANK ZAPPA The most important thing in art is the frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively ... FRANK ZAPPA The manner in which Americans ''consume'' music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tabl... FRANK ZAPPA You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rel... FRANK ZAPPA I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news ... if y... FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced. 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FRANK ZAPPA For the record, folks; I never took a shit on stage and the closest I ever came to eating shit anywh... FRANK ZAPPA The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it... FRANK ZAPPA The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everythin... FRANK ZAPPA My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long s... MOON UNIT ZAPPA I spent most of my life locked in my bedroom, miserable about my raging acne. MOON UNIT ZAPPA Gag me with a spoon! MOON UNIT ZAPPA I would think: Stay close to the implants! They must know something because they keep getting asked ... MOON UNIT ZAPPA The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me. MOON UNIT ZAPPA I peaked early. I was told I'd missed my boat. MOON UNIT ZAPPA I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make brea... MOON UNIT ZAPPA You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of... FRANCIS VINCENT “FRANK” ZAPPA, JR. Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. FRANCIS VINCENT “FRANK” ZAPPA, JR.