Sidney Royel Selby III (Desiigner) Quotes
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
M. Ward -
When I'm doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It's always challenging to switch it up a bit. And just because you're a musician, it doesn't mean that music is your only creative outlet.
Bat for Lashes -
I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that's what I grew up singing.
LaToya London -
I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.
Nas -
I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
Lance Reddick -
There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
Barbara Kruger
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Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth.
E. T. Bell -
Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
Gavin Bryars -
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
Gary Lucas -
My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.
Kate Bush -
I like being 35, I like having a bit of money to spend on music and useless gadgets. The net is providing new ways to communicate and cooperate that just didn't exist in the 80s.
Malcolm Wilson -
My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.
Gary Clark Jr.
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Most experiences are either sensual or intellectual. Chamber music, played by a small group so the listener can follow what each player is doing, is both.
Karen DeCrow -
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
Quincy Jones -
Music to me is so internal. It's physical and it's emotional. Whereas fashion is so much about the external that it's almost like a break. It's not inner turmoil. It's total escapism.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.
Beck -
I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.
Taylor Swift -
There's the Bacon society, which is fostered by his fourth wife Helen Bacon, but I don't know what kind of performances his music gets. He wrote symphonic music and some chorale music.
Carlisle Floyd
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I want to make music for everybody.
J Balvin -
Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.
John Roger Stephens -
I'm very eclectic in what I like and what I listen to. But my favorite musical ever is "The Sound of Music." That was actually one that inspired me to sing.
Christina Aguilera -
My music puts people in a dreamy mood. It's edgy. It's nuanced. I get annoyed when people say it's R&B because it's not that simple. I call it futuristic soul.
Ravyn Lenae -
Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.
Larry Elder -
I'm my own favorite artist, but I love everybody's music.
Sidney Royel Selby III