Jason Wade Quotes
I think the thing that is hard for a lot of bands is that there is a lot of free music out there.
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I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.
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My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
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I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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The thing with me is, about that - about rock and all that - years and years of crate-digging, listening to old music, you kind of start to connect the dots. And I was seeing the thread that was connecting everything together, which is pretty much the blues. And everything soul or funk kind of starts with that.
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Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that I've interacted with since then. I've been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. I've changed as a product of that, but it's been positive.
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Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.
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I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.
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You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it.
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Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and set out on the road that was to take him back to the house of the lovely Fairy.
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I got into writing music when I was, like, 14 or 15. It was a very private thing for me because I used it as an outlet and emotional release. I kept it very close to myself and didn't tell too many people about it.
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Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it.
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I was a drummer living in Los Angeles in 1990. I had finished music school and was playing with a band. It wasn't going as well as it should have been.
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I want to have a movement with my music.
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Nat was my hero right from the very beginning. My dad brought his music into the house and played it over and over again.
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PC Music is a really post-modern attempt at pop.
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When I lived in the U.K., I recorded a lot of ska and rock-steady styles of Jamaican music. But people there weren't accepting it. So I began using a faster reggae beat.
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I know that there are a lot of sort of silly things that one thinks as a music listener about bands. I am a fan of many bands.
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Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.
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Every actor has a method.
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I don't know anything about being a royal child. But I have played Shakespearian kings.
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I think the thing that is hard for a lot of bands is that there is a lot of free music out there.
