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John Lennon Musician, Activist
Song

"There's nothing you can do that can't be done, Nothing you can sing that can't be sung, Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game, It's easy... All you need is love."

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Paramahansa Yogananda Spiritual Teacher, Author
Song

"When you worry, there is static coming through your mind radio. God's song is the song of calmness. Nervousness is the static; calmness is the voice of God speaking to you through the radio of your soul."

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Bob Dylan Singer-songwriter
Song

"I'm used to writing songs and songs-I can fill em up with symbolism and metaphors. When you write a book (Chronicles, Vol. 1), you gotta tell the truth, and it can't be misinterpreted."

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Brian Wilson Musician
Song

"I wake up in the morning and I say 'Ahh! Today's the day for a song! I'm going to write a song today!' And I do. I write a song."

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Bryan Adams Singer-Songwriter
Song

"There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now."

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Woody Guthrie Singer-Songwriter
Song

"My eyes has been my camera taking pictures of the world and my songs has been my messages that I tried to scatter across the back sides and along the steps of the fire escapes and on the window sills and through the dark halls."

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
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"There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought on the decadence and collapse of the democracies of the twentieth century; those noble experiments failed because the people had been led to believe that they could simply vote for whatever they wanted...and get it without toil, without sweat, without tears. Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain."

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Kanye West Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer
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"If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food."

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Neil Young Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Song

"I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying in the yellow haze of the sun. There were children crying and colors flying all around the chosen ones."

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Leonard Cohen Singer-Songwriter
Song

"We're in a world where there's famine and hunger and people are dodging bullets and having their nails pulled out in dungeons so it's very hard for me to place any high value on the work that I do to write a song. Yeah, I work hard but compared to what?"

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Kendrick Lamar Rapper, Songwriter
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"I see conflict. But the conflict is what makes it relatable. I'm conflicted; you're conflicted. I'm not perfect - nobody is. I'm just blessed to be able to express my conflict through song."

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Freddie Mercury Musician, Singer
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"Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking Can't we give ourselves one more chance Why can't we give love that one more chance Why can't we give love Cause love's such an old fashioned word and love dares you to care for The people on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way of Caring about ourselves This is our last dance This is our last dance This is ourselves Under pressure"

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John Terry Footballer
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"My mum dated a guy from Liverpool. The Liverpool fans made up a song that she 'loves Scouse c*ck'"

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Johnny Cash Musician, Singer-songwriter
Song

"I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight."

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