John Betjeman Quotes
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I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.
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There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
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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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Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.
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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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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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Artistic development made me who I am. Somebody took the time to help me find what it is that works for me as an entertainer and who I am as a music maker.
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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.
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But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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Everything has to evolve. Music has to go somewhere. That's what keeps it fresh.
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It's really easy with makeup to look like you're trying too hard, like a clown. That's not what you want!
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
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My sister, singer Jessie Ware, and I are always exchanging music. We brainstormed her wedding playlist for months.
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The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music.
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Every kid has a laptop; everyone can make music, so in order to stand out, I think it's important to find that sonic identity, I think my sonic identity - and mine is finding these weird sounds that may not necessarily sound that musical, and make them sound musical.
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Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.
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I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.
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There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection.
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I've been really, really fortunate to have a mother that has spent many, many long hours on her knees praying for me. And I guarantee you, I would almost bet everything I have that that has saved me more often than not. So it sustains me.
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I think it's what art should do: make you feel less alone - either in the quest for truth or in dealing with any pain you have.
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Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music.
