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• Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.

  Joshua Homme

  Fun, Guitar, Way

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• I have no want or desire to solo. I'd rather create melodies and accompanying parts.

  Frank Iero

  Desire, Want, Melody

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• The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.

  Zola Jesus

  Song, Empowering, Benefits

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• And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement the music rather than take away from it.

  Dave Navarro

  Guitar, Important, Conclusion

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind.

  Graham Nash

  Song, Mind, Albums

  The Acoustic Storm Interview, www.acousticstorm.com.

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• If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a different kind of feel than Billy's songs.

  James Iha

  Song, Together, Different

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• Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing.

  David Knopfler

  Writing, Space, Effort

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• I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.

  Tod Machover

  Growing Up, Opera, Chamber Music

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I'd studied piano first and switched over to cello when I was about seven. I played mostly chamber and solo classical music. I got really involved with rock music when I was a teenager. I wired up my cello.

  Tod Machover

  Teenager, Piano, Rocks

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I've always been doing stuff, being creative. But I got to the point where I starting to feel this longing, craving, itchy feeling - which was the first sign that it was time. I've made a few attempts to make other solo records, but when I've looked back at the body of work I've always felt like I was never quite there.

  Neneh Cherry

  Creative, Feelings, Stuff

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I really enjoy playing solo acoustic. I think it's good for me as a songwriter to stay in touch with what it takes to make a song work by yourself.

  Jeff Tweedy

  Song, Thinking, Acoustics

  "Wilco". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. May 7, 2007.

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• When I was playing with synth players, I was still within a conceptual framework of playing music. When I started playing solo, I became much more aware of the acoustic phenomena that the instruments were producing.

  Z'EV

  Player, Playing Music, Acoustics

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I think everything happens in time. There's a time for everything. There's a time to be in a group, and there's a time to be solo.

  Lauryn Hill

  Thinking, Groups, Happens

  "Queen of Hip Hop". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 18, 2000.

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• Working as a solo artist has given me a confidence that I didn't have with Blondie.

  Debbie Harry

  Artist, Given, Blondie

  "Alison Goldfrapp Meets Debbie Harry". Interview with Phoebe Reilly, www.spin.com. April 8, 2010.

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• Even though I started playing the violin when I was four, my early chamber music experiences helped build a strong foundation for my solo work, as all music is a rich language and dialogue that is shared on stage, no matter what the size of the ensemble.

  Anne Akiko Meyers

  Strong, Four, Violin

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• Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.

  J Mascis

  Song, Guitar, Together

  "J Mascis on the guitarists you really must hear" by Sam Richards, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2011.

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• What great founders do is seek the networks that will be essential to their task... Usually it's best to have two or three people on a team rather than a solo founder.

  Reid Hoffman

  Team, Two, People

  "How To Be A Great Founder". Reid Hoffman's Lecture at Stanford University, startupclass.samaltman.com. November 4, 2014.

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• I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Dream, Expression, Years

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was asked in an interview once: You're writing another book with a female lead? Aren't you afraid you're going to be pigeonholed? And I thought, I write a team superhero book, an uplifting solo hero book, I write a horror-western, and I write a ghost story. What am I gonna be pigeonholed as? Has a man in the history of men ever been asked if he was going to be pigeonholed because he wrote two consecutive books with male leads?

  Kelly Sue DeConnick

  Uplifting, Team, Hero

  "'So My Daughter Won't Have To': Why Kelly Sue DeConnick Fights to Make Women Welcome in Comics". Interview with Christopher Zumski Finke, www.yesmagazine.org. January 29, 2014.

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• For people who cannot get to church for various reasons, this is a great option. But it will always be a poor substitute for joining the faith community in person. Surely, the church experience is about more than a message. We are always better off together than flying solo. Godcasting is a supplement, not a substitute for weekly worship.

  Craig Detweiler

  People, Community, Flying

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• Corina Bartra is a very intriguing singer. On Son Zumbon ... the music utilizes tricky rhythms, the leader's haunting voice, and plenty of short solos. There is no lack on intensity in this program.

  Scott Yanow

  Son, Voice, Leader

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• So you do shorter versions of the hits, or you take out a long guitar solo or things like that to make time for the hits and new music as well. But I don't think any of us ever get to do as much new music as we would like to.

  Lee Ann Womack

  Music, Thinking, Guitar

  "Lee Ann Womack Hits Road With Toby Keith". Associated Press Interview, www.foxnews.com. May 29, 2005.

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• We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together.

  Tina Weymouth

  Music, Together, Way

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• I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

  Rachel Stevens

  Love Is, Careers, Creative

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• The only time it dominates is during a solo, or when we play a low blues and I put figures in behind Eric's vocals. There's never any real problem fitting guitar and organ together.

  Alan Price

  Real, Guitar, Play

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