Berthe Morisot Quotes
Music and painting should never be literary, a very subtle distinction according to Renoir. As soon as I try to represent an individual, their physiognomy and attitudes, I become a literary artist.
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
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I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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I'm a man of different types of flavors and tastes. I like listening to things that inspire me. Older music, when instruments were being played, not just people hitting buttons. It's manlier. You're touching things to make sounds appear.
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When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.
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I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
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With Ghost Tunes, you just try to do what's right. And what's right is whatever the copyright owner wants to do with their music, they do it.
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Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
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Painting was a problem - you produce a thing, and then you sell it and get money, and that was quickly considered totally uncool.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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A Central Bank official said that Q-coin did not affect the renminbi; it adds vibrancy to the economy.
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I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.
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I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.
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There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody.
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There are two smells that I can recognize right away. The smell of the boxing ring and the smell of a garage. That's where I grew up. I can recognize these places with my eyes closed.
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I love going to the cinema, listening to music, yoga and long walks along Holkham beach in Norfolk.
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My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me.
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But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life in a factory was real depressing. So the idea that I could become a musician opened up some possibilities I didn't see otherwise.
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Cynicism about America’s current state of affairs is ultimately a form of surrender.
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I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.
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To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it so radically that you somehow change.
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The self-proclaimed Islamic State cannot tolerate diversity, which is why we must celebrate it.
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Music and painting should never be literary, a very subtle distinction according to Renoir. As soon as I try to represent an individual, their physiognomy and attitudes, I become a literary artist.
