David Newman Quotes
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I wake up late, say 10 or 11, because we've usually been out and about town until 2 or 3 A.M. listening to music at the jazz clubs or hitting the jazz clubs post-theater.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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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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And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.
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Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others.
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I just love, love going around and traveling and bringing the music to people. They just make you feel so happy that you came.
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
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I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.
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I always have music. I love it to be very upbeat. When you're having drinks, I like something like Cesaria Evora. During dinner, I like the much more traditional - old Frank Sinatra and things like that.
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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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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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I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.
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You have to fall. You have to understand what that feels like. For what I want in my life, and for where I want to go with this music, you gotta be humiliated, man. You gotta understand what that feels like. It just makes you stronger.
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Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.
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Music is everywhere and in everything! I draw my inspiration from the day to day activities of my life!
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It's always one atom away from being a tragedy.
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We do it because we're committed, because we're believers.
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I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.
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In Japan, you can learn how to make a bunch of flowers. This is an art. Tea ceremony, it's an art.
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Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music.
