Musicians And Their "Thoughts" A Collection Of Thoughts From Some Of The Most Famous Musicians

By Thomas J. Strang

This ebook is jam-packed with inspirational thoughts from some of the most famous musicians. Their names are: The list of famous musicians (60) are: Adam Ant, Art Garfunkel, Axl Rose, B. B. King, Beyonce Knowles, Billie Joe Armstrong, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Bob Marley, Bono Hewson, Christina Aguilera, David Crosby, Dweezil Zappa, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton, Fiona Apple, Frank Zappa, Freddie Mercury, George Benson, Gerry Beckley, Gwen Stefani, Ian Anderson, Jeff Beck, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Buffett, Jimmy Page, Joan Armatrading, Joan Jett, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Justin Bieber, Keith Richards, Leonard Cohen, Louis Armstrong, Mark Knopfler, Michael Jackson, Michael Stipe, Mick Jagger, Mose Allison, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Paula Abdul, Pete Townsend, Randy Bachman, Ray Davies, Ringo Starr, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Sara Bareilles, Sheryl Crow, Taylor Swift, Tom Waits and Van Morrison.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas J. Strang
• Release date: Aug 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310580420

Thomas J. Strang

Tom is semi-retired from the accounting profession where he worked for 30 years as a bookkooper, auditor, accounting manager and assistant controller. He currently operates his own accounting, bookkeeping and tax service. He is currently married to Jennifer. He has 2 children Michael and Gracie. Michael is a computer technician and Gracie is a dental assistant. He has always loved books and collecting quotes for many, many years. He tries to live by them since they provide motivation and inspiration.

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Musicians Share Their Thoughts

By Thomas J. Strang

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Copyright 2014 Thomas J. Strang

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Biography:

I thought it would be appropriate to include a biography. I have always loved quotations and have tried to live by them. This, of course, includes The Bible as well. We live in a world where so many bad things happen, I would prefer to uplift people rather than tear them down Anyway, I am a veteran of the accounting and computer professions. My father told me to enter it many years ago and you will never be out of work. He was right! He also said, The U.S. economy is rapidly becoming a service economy where products will be made somewhere else. This was a man with a 6th grade education who worked for United States Steel Corporation for 42 years. He was an auto mechanic, plumber and carpenter. He could handle just about anything mechanical. Well, after 30 years in the professions I decided to open my own practice. Sounds easy! Just remember, you have to be willing to work 80 hours a week for yourself so you won’t have to work 40 hours a week for someone else. I have been married for 15 years to Jennifer. We have 2 children, Michael and Gracie. Michael is a computer technician and Gracie is a dentist assistant. All proceeds from the sale of this book will go to help the poor. This will help people get back on their feet again. More to follow

Enjoy and God Bless.

Tom

Musician List:

The list of famous musicians (60) are: Adam Ant, Art Garfunkel, Axl Rose, B. B. King, Beyonce Knowles, Billie Joe Armstrong, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Bob Marley, Bono Hewson, Christina Aguilera, David Crosby, Dweezil Zappa, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton, Fiona Apple, Frank Zappa, Freddie Mercury, George Benson, Gerry Beckley, Gwen Stefani, Ian Anderson, Jeff Beck, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Buffett, Jimmy Page, Joan Armatrading, Joan Jett, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Justin Bieber, Keith Richards, Leonard Cohen, Louis Armstrong, Mark Knopfler, Michael Jackson, Michael Stipe, Mick Jagger, Mose Allison, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Paula Abdul, Pete Townsend, Randy Bachman, Ray Davies, Ringo Starr, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Sara Bareilles, Sheryl Crow, Taylor Swift, Tom Waits and Van Morrison

Table of Contents

Adam Ant

Axl Rose

Art Garfunkel

B. B. King

Beyonce Knowles

Billie Joe Armstrong

Billy Joel

Bob Dylan

Bob Geldof

Bob Marley

Bono Hewson

Christina Aguilera

David Crosby

Dweezil Zappa

Elton John

Elvis Presley

Eminem

Eric Clapton

Fiona Apple

Frank Zappa

Freddie Mercury

George Benson

George Harrison

Gerry Beckley

Gwen Stefani

Ian Anderson

Jeff Beck

Jim Morrison

Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Page

Joan Armatrading

Joan Jett

Joe Cocker

John Lennon

Johnny Cash

Justin Bieber

Keith Richards

Leonard Cohen

Louis Armstrong

Mark Knopfler

Michael Jackson

Michael Stipe

Mick Jagger

Mose Allison

Ozzy Osbourne

Paul McCartney

Paul Simon

Paula Abdul

Pete Townsend

Randy Bachman

Ray Davies

Ringo Starr

Robert Plant

Roger Daltrey

Sara Bareilles

Sheryl Crow

Taylor Swift

Tom Waits

Van Morrison

Adam Ant:

Achievement results from work realizing ambition. - Adam Ant

I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom? - Adam Ant

I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face. - Adam Ant

I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness. - Adam Ant

I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult. - Adam Ant

People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me. - Adam Ant

Art Garfunkel:

I asked myself constantly why I didn’t marry her, because surely she was the apple of my eye. She was everything I was looking for in a woman. But I was very hurt by my first marriage, so as far as marriage to Laurie was concerned, I was extra scared. I was heartbroken. It laid me low. I used to get very sad when the sun went down. The nights were very lonely for me. (About his relationship with Laurie Bird) - Art Garfunkel

"I have a very sure-footed sense of what I like, and exactly how much I like it. Give me two listening of a song, and I can tell you exactly how it sits with me, and...I know my musical taste. I know my ears, I know what

I respond to." - Art Garfunkel

I thought I was going to go to college and pick one of the more reputable professions and be an upright citizen. All of that seems like so much nonsense now. I guess it doesn’t do to well to envision these projected scenarios of the future. What happens in just about every case is you fall into whatever you fall into. The next thing you know, you’re looking back in retrospect at what it is you’ve now been doing for the last how many years. - Art Garfunkel

Paul has more, I think, of a feel for the stage. Whereas I have it more for the notes themselves. I love record making and mixing, arranging, producing. That I love. I love to make beautiful things, but I don’t like to perform. - Art Garfunkel

Paul`s the writer. Yeah, I wrote a little of that stuff, but that’s just technically true. In spirit, and in essence of the truth, it doesn’t matter. So I don’t know, maybe I’m being foolish for not being technical. Yeah, I wrote a certain portion of the things. - Art Garfunkel

When Paul and I were first friends, starting in the sixth grade and seventh grade, we would sing a little together and we would make up radio shows and become disc jockeys on our home wire recorder. And then came rock and roll.

Paul is a very creative artist but I’m more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut. - Art Garfunkel

I’m the kind of person who can hear that stuff. If you sing along to the radio and you’re not going to sing unison with the melody, but find the harmony, I find that pretty easy to do. - Art Garfunkel

I teach well. I used to really like teaching a lot. I enjoyed it a lot and I was good at it. - Art Garfunkel

We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it’s timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there’s going to be a real appreciation. - Art Garfunkel

After all these years, I’m finally into soccer. The World Cup is on, and my band is an international group - they’re all around me, cheering in the hotel bars. - Art Garfunkel

Records have images. There are wet records and dry records. And big records. - Art Garfunkel

I would start seeing, in just the sense I was saying now, the kind of record it was going to be and what the arrangement demands, and what my vocal part should be in the record. This was all emerging as the song was emerging. - Art Garfunkel

We’d go to the fraternity house. It was a good place to practice. But we really wanted the kids to overhear us. And whoever heard us would go nuts over it. - Art Garfunkel

Records became much cruder in the last 20 years. Let’s put it that way.

Rodgers and Hammerstein didn’t mean anything to me. I just wanted to have a hit, I just wanted to be like those people on the radio. It was all of a case of the present tense with no projecting into the future, particularly. - Art Garfunkel

I like working solo and it was a lot of fun joking around with the audience, saying things. I’m only just learning how to do certain things. - Art Garfunkel

Axl Rose:

If you're a Guns N' Roses fan, chances are that you'll be interested in this list of the 10 best Axl Rose quotes. Axl is known for his amazing lyrics, but people are often surprised by what he says when he's not belting out great tunes like Sweet Child O' Mine. If you're interested in some of the best Axl Rose quotes, give these a read through as he discusses some of the topics that are close to him

On privacy. This is one of the best Axl Rose quotes about privacy and it tends to hold true for just about anyone. I like to be real private; you don't always want everyone around you – even when they like you.

- Axl Rose

On grunge. I really liked the Seattle movement. While a very short and simple statement, this is one of the best Axl Rose quotes in regards to his musical preferences and how he felt about grunge in the '90s. It's also nice to see it referred to as the Seattle movement, giving tribute to the city that birthed this creative music style. - Axl Rose

On friendship and love. If you're looking for Axl Rose quotes about friendship or love, you might be interested in this one. Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time. Very true, Axl. - Axl Rose

On music composition. One of the best Axl Rose quotes about how he composes his music and the order in which he does so, Axl Rose says, I write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I had to compete against it. Why he needs to compete with himself, no one's sure, but it definitely seems to work for him. - Axl Rose

On disguises. Most celebrities try and wear disguises when they go out in public, but not Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses fame. One of the best Axl Rose quotes is in regards to why he doesn't bother to dress up anymore. But they can spot me there no matter what I'm wearing, so I don't even bother trying a disguise. They just assume that's my new look. - Axl Rose

On Queen. Queen was a legendary band and even impressed the like of Guns N' Roses front man, Axl Rose. One of the best Axl Rose quotes about Queen is summed up in his excitement at the opportunity to work on a Queen-related project. I always loved Queen, so that's very exciting for me. - Axl Rose

On touring. One of the hardest parts about doing shows, night after night, has to be choosing what kind of music to play during your sets. One of the best Axl Rose quotes describes his feelings about this and how he goes about selecting music for his different shows, I can't say that there's any one song that I really look forward to doing; hopefully something will spark my emotion and I'll really have a good time. - Axl Rose

On technology. Ever wondered how some of the 80's artists are doing in the modern computer-savvy world? This great Axl Rose quote sums it up. "I'm not a computer-savvy or technical type of person, yet I'm involved with