Paul Desmond Quotes
The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity.
Paul Desmond
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I was about 11 when my mother brought me this karaoke machine and I was really into it back then, but about 4 or 5 years ago is when I started printing up my own music, going to the studio and doing my own thing.
Obie Trice
I joined the Madras Christian College but dropped out after three months. Telugu music director Ramesh Naidu asked me to assist him, and I did so for over a year. I did think of rejoining college, but by then, I was discovering the musician in me. I worked with Illaya Raja and Raj Koti and soon shifted to commercials. This led to movie offers.
A. R. Rahman
Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.
Daniel Barenboim
I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest!
Fefe Dobson
What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, the fun part, that party part.
Flavor Flav
A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.
Hanns Eisler
I have been fully involved in designing my stage shows; it's important to me to do something really unique and almost off-the-wall to bring the music and the visuals together. I love design and actually went to school for a bit for graphic design, so it isn't so much 'pressure' for me; it's a way to be creative, and I really enjoy it.
Nick van de Wall
It's always so rewarding, gratifying to me, as an artist and a writer, to see how this music gets more important for a lot of people as time goes by. And it's not just nostalgia. It's a feeling of it's really relevant to their lives, even though it's 20 or 25 years old or more.
Ed Kowalczyk
I just want us to understand each other. That's the point of my music.
Benjamin Clementine
For a couple of years, I'd work from 6 to 11 P.M., then 1 to 5 A.M., and then got up and tried to go to school. That was pretty rough, but I got a lot of experience playing music.
Leon Russell
Herbs deserve to be used much more liberally.
Yotam Ottolenghi
The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity.
Paul Desmond