Nathan Connolly Quotes
I think we make the music that we make. Yes, we are aware of music climate, and we are all avid fans of listening, collecting and discovering music.
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I wake up late, say 10 or 11, because we've usually been out and about town until 2 or 3 A.M. listening to music at the jazz clubs or hitting the jazz clubs post-theater.
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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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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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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 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.
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I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music.
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Our music attracts the people that we rap about and make music about, and they come out and actually do it.
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I like pop music, and I like really weird, strange stuff. It just didn't feel like there was anyone doing both.
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No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.
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I've moved around so much my whole life, and I've gotten so used to being the Other in situations - the foreigner, the outsider. The first time I've ever felt like there was no separation between me and the other elements was in music.
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There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.
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I like to listen to mellow stuff on the road like Travis, as we are constantly surrounded by rock music on tour and so its nice listening to mellow stuff. Obviously back at home I listen to a lot more rock music.
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When I started making music, I was so heavy into the hyphy movement. That's something you only know so much about if you were right there living in it, submerged in the culture.
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Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
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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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People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
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I do listen to a lot of music, but I don't listen when I'm writing.
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I grew up listening to a lot of Malaysian pop music, which is kind of like a mixture of traditional and pop... I was also listening to a lot of English music as well.
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I always felt a love for music, but I never got my nerve up enough to try a musical instrument in school.
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India is a musical country, so it would appear obvious to use our collective passion for music to promote a book.
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I was just doing it for fun. I was in college recording music as a joke, so I really didn't think that a career was feasible - being able to travel.
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I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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I think we make the music that we make. Yes, we are aware of music climate, and we are all avid fans of listening, collecting and discovering music.
