William Shakespeare Quotes
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because that's what gets a dinner party off to a fun start.
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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
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I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.
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My specialty is two things: music or really strange stories.
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I have such an eclectic taste. I like listening to classical music and pop music.
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When I grew up, the thing boys would do during the summer is work tobacco because it was a cheap product back then. I didn't want to do that. From an early, early, early age, I was like, 'I like music. This performing thing comes easy.' And perhaps that's how I ended up doing what I'm doing today. Being a musician.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
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The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive.
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Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.
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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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My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music I love - a bit of indie rock, super rhythmic rapping, and lots of synths.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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Dance music-as I keep saying, you can dance to a windshield wiper... a windshield wiper that's fairly steady gives you a beat and all you need is an out-of-tune playing 'Melancholy Baby' and you've got dance music.
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One of the reasons I started working at 'South Park,' actually, was that I wanted to learn how to structure things and how to tell a story.
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After the new album, I'm actually retiring man. I'm retiring.
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I love film - it's like painting.
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When you work in animation that's all for a family audience, as an adult you desperately want to break out of that.
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How soar sweet music is, when time is broke, and no proportion kept!
