George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The theory that music has a depraving effect on morals has now been abandoned to the old women of both sexes.
George Bernard Shaw
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
Adam Levine
Maroon 5
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
Leighton Paul Walsh
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
Harrison Birtwistle
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There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were my thing.
Gad Elmaleh
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It was a privilege to direct the music video for Adele's beautiful, heartbreaking song, 'Hello.' When I first heard it, all the images appeared clearly in my head - and her trust and generosity allowed me to work with abandon artistically and emotionally, like she always does. It made me extremely proud.
Xavier Dolan
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I'm really at ease in being me and going all around the world playing music. But I do get a lift once we start. I'm humming stuff in the dressing room and smiling, looking at myself and making sure I don't have nose hair! But once I get really close to the stage, and the guys are doing the intro thing, I do get a pick-me-up.
Maceo Parker
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But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture.
E. O. Wilson
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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.
T Bone Burnett
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Where words fail, music speaks.
Hans Christian Andersen
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I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and somehow make a dollar here and there.
Ian McLagan
Small Faces
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The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Just because I make something doesn't mean that it's going to be amazing, and most creative people don't like to admit when their music is just okay.
Jason Boyd
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In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.
Meg Wheatley
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I am always trying to write.
Joanna Newsom
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We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.
Joel Osteen
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I have the privilege of being the vice chair of the World Economic Forum's real estate council. In that role, I review a lot of economic data and original research from around the world.
Dylan Taylor
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This new one was held for a couple months, so I guess it was better, but when we go into thinking our next record tragedy, it traditionally will probably change the distribution again and it will get held up again.
Kerry King
Slayer
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The theory that music has a depraving effect on morals has now been abandoned to the old women of both sexes.
George Bernard Shaw
