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🇺🇸Dolly Parton

Music

b. 1946

"I look so totally artificial, but I’ve always been the simplest person in the world."

🇬🇧Billy Connolly

Entertainment

b. 1942

"I hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing, so get yourself a sexy raincoat and live a little."

🇺🇸Frank Capra

Entertainment

1897–1991

"I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries."

🇺🇸Sufjan Stevens

Music

b. 1975

"Art is... a reflection of a greater divine creation. There really is no separation."

🇺🇸Pete Seeger

Music

1919–2014

"A productive mistake is: made in the service of mission and vision; acknowledged as a mistake; learned from; considered valuable; shared for the benefit of all."

🇺🇸Joe Satriani

Music

b. 1956

"I've always done "the wrong thing" and had a pretty wonderful time doing it."

🇺🇸Steve Martin

Entertainment

b. 1945

"The new phone book's here! The new phone book's here! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity I need. My name in print. That really makes somebody. Things are going to start happening to me now!"

🇺🇸Arlo Guthrie

Music

b. 1947

"We went back, afterward, after the show was over that night, I took my kids backstage and said, "You know what? I know my dad's songs..."

🇺🇸Scott Joplin

Music

1868–1917

"That’s who I am. I don’t look much like him now with my foot wrapped up and all that kind of business."

🇺🇸Harry Chapin

Music

1942–1981

"Something's burning somewhere. Does anybody care?"

🇬🇧The Edge

Music

b. 1961

"For me, that term "pop" is like a candy bar. You buy it because you like it, you eat it, and then you throw it away. It has no long-term meaning or value."

🇺🇸Jerry Garcia

Music

1942–1995

"Somebody Has To Do Something. . . It Seems Pathetic That It Has To Be Us."