Seth Godin Quotes
Studying entrepreneurshi p without doing it... is like studying the appreciation of music without listening to it.
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I'm trying to find the balance and do, like, 'Spanglish' music or some songs in Spanish and others in English or do a translation.
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My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.
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Obviously, you want to honour the sound of your music, but I'm definitely open to trying new things and making myself use a different palette of sounds.
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When you start putting too much thought into it, the music starts getting too revealing. You don't need to know all my inner thoughts.
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Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song.
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One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the local record store went out of business and they were selling off all the vinyl. I remember going in – I was probably 16 or 17 and I'd just gotten a record player as a present. It was like hitting the jackpot: all these records for $3 apiece.
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The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.
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It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had.
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I was greatly influenced by musique concrete when I was, like, 10. I was completely mesmerized by the idea that you could make music out of sounds. So that's been a constant influence on all my work.
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I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.
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Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.
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I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons.
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Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.
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The challenge is shifting our appreciation: being willing to give up some of dad’s money for more of dad’s love. And, in the process, altering the psyche that makes him lovable.
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Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached. Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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I got into music through just being inspired by my brother and sisters. They all sing, play instruments and write - and they're very good at it.
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I think regardless of where people are from, country music is a through line.
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People who have passion for horror stories, their appreciation/my appreciation is looking at it as opera.
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If I did all the stuff I've been accused of - or credited with - there's no way I could make all this music. I'd be drinking myself into the grave.
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I don't like to bring attention to myself. I don't like to make a scene.
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I think I like playing the bad girl. I like complicated. I like flawed, messed up complicated. It's more interesting.
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The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values.
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I started modeling at 14. It's simple. You respond to what the photographer wants and wear other people's ideas. I got bored with it, though, so I went to university.
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Studying entrepreneurshi p without doing it... is like studying the appreciation of music without listening to it.
