Paul McDonald Quotes
I don't want to be the cliche American Idol dude. I want to be different, you know - that's the whole goal, me and music. It's about being yourself and being unique.
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I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.
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I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.
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It's my job to make sure that the people I'm gonna team up with for my music see everything that I'm about: Put all my cards on the table and don't make them guess.
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Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.
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Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do.
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Music really gets me going, so I've always got to make sure I have my iPod to give me energy to work out.
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When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.
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Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it's hurt, but it's the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.
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Twitter helps me connect to the people who help make my music, or the cycle of an album, complete. Without them experiencing the music, it doesn't really exist, so it doesn't make sense to not involve them.
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It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.
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What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud.
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Telluride has an incredible history and reputation, and I've long known of it as a unique entity that makes a place for writers - one more aspect of this exceptional film festival in the Colorado Alps.
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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.
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I do listen to a lot of music, but I don't listen when I'm writing.
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I have a degree in music, yeah, from the University of Montana. I studied voice and composition and conducting and all that.
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'Roxbury Drive' was the street I grew up on as a little kid, and it was the street that I first listened to records on, and where I actually really first fell in love with music.
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My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.
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The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.
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The Grammy is the highest honor in music that we can receive, outside of having fans come and watch you every night and clap.
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If anybody is excited about my music, that's all I care about. I care about people who are excited about new music.
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It's later than it's ever been.
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The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either.
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Because of Billy Joel, I've been playing piano since I was knee high. The house was always full of music, so of course he's influenced me, but I think I've also developed my own sound. He's also been really good about giving me advice, which I think has helped me really stay true to what I want to do musically.
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I don't want to be the cliche American Idol dude. I want to be different, you know - that's the whole goal, me and music. It's about being yourself and being unique.
