American - Musician | September 13, 1967 -
Year after year, we see a new crop of musicians who do their best to look tough in lipstick and makeup. Maybe it's a cry for help, an admission of their strong feminine side, or the realization that they don't look so good any other way. Whatever the reason, makeup is as rock n' roll as a Marshall stack.
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We all love to sing along with our favorite songs. We sing in the car, in the shower, and at the karaoke bar. The problem is that half the time we don't know what we're singing. We're making up lyrics as we go along and hoping no one will notice.
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Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.
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Long before Wesley Snipes decided he didn't need to pay the IRS, Willie Nelson was dodging the tax men.
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When I was growing up in L.A. in the late '70s and early '80s, Michael Jackson's was the first face on TV that looked like mine.
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Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us.
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Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America's strengths and shortcomings.
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From chain gangs to folk songs to intelligent soul, America has created musicians dedicated to truth, justice, and a better American Way.
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Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors.
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In the world of celebrity, there is one universal law: if there's a scandal or death, Al Sharpton will be there.
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There was a time when a musician was forced to act in a video. Seeing a singer step too far outside of his comfort zone to pour all of his high-school-drama angst into a poorly scripted scenario was a sight to behold.
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New York City has more rock history in its 305 square miles than most of America combined.
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