Hanns Eisler Quotes
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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 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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Music is my way out. I keep things locked up and never say anything. I guess in order to say something to one person, I have to sing it to a couple of thousand. It doesn't make for healthy relationships.
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I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Having someone cook all your meals is the best vacation ever!
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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I'm always investing. I'm constantly in talks with someone about some opportunity.
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I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.
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I don't listen to my old music of Vanity's unless I have to hear it playing in a mall or something place like that.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm.
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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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Someone once told me be interested, not interesting - that really clicked for me.
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I went to community college for about a year but I'd started taking music seriously by then so I dropped out.
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I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play.
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I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians.
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As a heterosexual man, I've never really doubted my sexuality, but I've had men in my life and thought, 'If I was gay, I'd be with him' - you know?
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If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song.
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To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp on it, you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist, it doesn't matter.'
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I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.
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Someone who knows only music, understands nothing about it.
