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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I was addicted to 'The Monkees' TV programme - not so much because of the music but because of the commercials in between. The programme was sponsored by Yardley, and in the commercial breaks, there would be these English girls on roller skates, wearing hot pants, and I just thought, 'God! How neat!'
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Nothing that actually occurs is of the smallest importance.
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I think if you want to do something, then you should go all out completely and be fearless.
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An audience shouldn't listen with complacency.
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I start with a mood or an idea that comes from a personal place emotionally, and the narrative concepts come much later.
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Someone who knows only music, understands nothing about it.
