{"id":74911,"date":"2023-04-13T19:44:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=74911"},"modified":"2023-04-13T21:09:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T21:09:19","slug":"grazia-legends-musicians-quotes-on-fame-and-fortune","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/grazia-legends-musicians-quotes-on-fame-and-fortune\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAZIA Legends: Our Favorite Quotes from Iconic Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kate Bush<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ahead of the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival<\/a>, we’re looking back on our favorite performers’ quotes on fame, fortune and making unforgettable music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

JAGGER & RICHARDS<\/h4>\n
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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cI\u2019d rather be death than singing ‘Satisfaction’ when I\u2019m 45.\u201d \u2014 JAGGER<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> Mick Jagger<\/a> had a newly discovered breed of snail named after him in 1972\u2014Anomphaulus jaggerius.<\/p>\n

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BOB DYLAN<\/h4>\n
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Bob Dylan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve only written four songs in my whole life, but I\u2019ve written those four songs a million times.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> Bob Dylan<\/a> turned down the opportunity to headline Woodstock.<\/p>\n

DEBBIE HARRY<\/h4>\n
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Debbie Harry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cI wish I had invented sex.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> Debbie Harry<\/a> is the oldest female singer ever to have a UK Number 1 single.<\/p>\n

LENNON & McCARTNEY<\/h4>\n
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John Lennon and Paul McCartney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cEverybody loves you when you\u2019re six foot in the ground.\u201d \u2014 LENNON<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> John Lennon was the only Beatle not to attend a Paul McCartney solo show.<\/p>\n

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ELVIS PRESLEY<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Elvis Presley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cI want to entertain people. That\u2019s my whole life. To my last breath.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> Aloha from Hawaii, a live gig broadcast worldwide, was watched ny more TV viewers than Neil Armstrong\u2019s first step on the moon.<\/p>\n

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JOHNNY ROTTEN<\/h4>\n
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Johnny Rotten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cI see no problem admiring the Bee Gees and being in the Sex Pistols<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> Although left-handed, John Lydon plays guitar right-handed, after being injured by outraged monarchists in 1977.<\/p>\n

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DAVID BOWIE<\/a><\/h4>\n
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David Bowie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cYou would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be on the greatest things in the world. It is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> Bowie gave up his 50-a-day cigarette habit in 2004.<\/p>\n

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PRINCE<\/h4>\n
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Prince<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cYou can always renegotiate a re- cord contract. You just go in and say, I think my next project will be a country-and-western-album.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> Prince was a vegan.<\/p>\n

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KATE BUSH<\/h4>\n
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Kate Bush<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t like to live in the glary of publicity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> Kate Bush<\/a> played her last full live concert in 1979.<\/p>\n

BRANDON FLOWERS<\/h4>\n
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Brandon Flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cLife goes so much slow- er when you’re taking it as it comes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> Brandon Flowers had an epiphany at an Oasis concert, and realized that fronting a rock band was his true calling\u2014leading to a furious search for like-minded musicians, during which he discovered an ad by guitarist Dave Keuning.<\/p>\n

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KURT COBAIN<\/h4>\n
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Kurt Cobain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cIf I went to jail, at least I wouldn\u2019t have to sign autographs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FACT:<\/strong> Kurt Cobain<\/a> was the top earning dead celebrity in 2006.<\/p>\n

Read the new GRAZIA Gazette: Coachella<\/em><\/a> edition:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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