Corinne Bailey Rae Quotes
I think the music industry really suffered from music being available online because it made young people feel, "why should you pay for music, if it's so readily available for free?"
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When I'm doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It's always challenging to switch it up a bit. And just because you're a musician, it doesn't mean that music is your only creative outlet.
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I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
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When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly in Canada, missed out on an outpouring of brilliant R&B music.
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For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
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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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Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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I've dreamed of being on the road, traveling and touring, for as long as I've been into doing music. It's what I live for. I just wanna be Willie Nelson.
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I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
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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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I think that music is still art, even if it's commercialised.
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It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.
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What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, the fun part, that party part.
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As long as I've known music, Bose has been the company to listen to. They're a lot of fun to work with, but also being able to associate yourself with such a high-quality product is great.
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There was such a lack of modern, recognizable role models for a young girl in the 1950s. I mean, 'Leave It to Beaver' didn't speak to me. That's why I latched on to music.
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Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner.
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When I'm skiing, I listen to electronic music. It's repetitive and let's me get into a groove and crank out the miles.
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To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everything about your personality.
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That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context that you couldn't. They can free your mind or can make you think or can be redeeming.
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If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.
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Today, if I could get a job, with face tattoos, being a professor, I would do that. I don't know what university would hire me, but that's my passion.
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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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On 'don't ask, don't tell' I was always the same. I said we needed a complete review of the impact on morale and battle effectiveness of 'don't ask, don't tell' before we repeal it. That's my position now. Now they're trying to ram through a repeal without a - any kind of really realistic survey done.
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I think the music industry really suffered from music being available online because it made young people feel, "why should you pay for music, if it's so readily available for free?"
