Nick Valensi Quotes
Music is one of those art forms that you can get pretty immediate feedback by just doing it and getting better at it.Nick Valensi The Strokes
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I play the harmonium. I had learned to use the guitar for a bit before becoming a part of the music industry, but unfortunately didn't pursue it fully. I would love to learn to play the piano because it holds a unique connect for me in terms of rhythm.
Kailash Kher -
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
Gary Lucas -
Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
Lars Ulrich Metallica -
I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about when they talk about major labels is how many artists get dropped or funding gets dropped when they don't recoup quick enough.
Verite -
For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
From a very young age, music was very much in my house. I would sit with my mom, with the old LPs, listening to The Beatles and Carly Simon and Lionel Richie. The old LPs used to have the lyrics. From there, I would put on dance and music displays for my family, just to entertain them and make people laugh and smile.
Lara Pulver
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I done made music with Makonnen, Frank Ocean. We all make great music.
Quavo Migos -
My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins.
Youssou N'Dour -
We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments.
Edie Falco -
I've always been one for show business. I like performing, and I used to get criticized for having production value. But now it's all that! People need to get what they pay for! Otherwise, just listen to recorded music.
Barbara Mandrell -
Someone who knows only music, understands nothing about it.
Hanns Eisler -
I love seeing the fans of the music that I make.
Gavin Rossdale Bush
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We want people to listen to records, to a whole body of music. I want you to buy into my life, not just one subject in my life.
Sam Smith -
Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept.
Paul Westerberg The Replacements -
My sisters and I like a lot of different styles of music, but we're inspired by real artists like Beyonce and Adele.
China Anne McClain -
I've got to be honest: I don't listen to any music now. I don't even listen to mine! I like to walk fresh into the studio and have ideas that come straight out of me.
Robert Dwayne Womack -
If anybody is excited about my music, that's all I care about. I care about people who are excited about new music.
Diplo -
I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.
Jasper Fforde
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What I really want to do is, first of all, get my music out to the world. And then I would really just like to reach other kids all over the world and tell them to believe in themselves and prove to people that you can do anything you want.
Neon Hitch -
Guys like me and Ray Charles, when we was coming up through our days, country music and soul music was just a very thin line between the two.
Percy Sledge -
You have to think, 'What can I do to help my team develop, grow, and become better performers?' rather than, 'What's in it for me?'
Jimmy Iovine -
The future science of government should be called 'la cybernétique' (1843) Coining the French word to mean 'the art of governing,' from the Greek (Kybernetes = navigator or steersman), subsequently adopted as cybernetics by Norbert Weiner for the field of control and communication theory.
Andre-Marie Ampere -
I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.
Jennifer Lopez -
Music is one of those art forms that you can get pretty immediate feedback by just doing it and getting better at it.
Nick Valensi The Strokes