Black Francis Quotes
I'm really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there's sound and visuals. When I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It's a feeling that you can't label with words.Black Francis Pixies
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I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks -
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'.
Yuna -
I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.
Ice Cube -
This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.
Daniel Ek -
It feels like Gangstarr is the purest group in hip-hop. They was shooting videos on the beach in the winter when the water was ice. Razor-blade music.
Fat Joe -
Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
Ice Cube
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If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
Quincy Jones -
But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
Isaac Hanson Hanson -
A good story gives you more of a license to be forward and progressive with the music.
Sam Hunt -
Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song.
Ville Valo HIM -
I wanted to play rocking country music, and when I started out in the late Seventies, it took me a couple of albums to figure out how to do that.
Carlene Carter -
My music is like a spinning ball. It can turn in one direction, and then it comes back to origins.
Youssou N'Dour
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I've never been in the music industry, only acting.
Victoria Jackson -
As a youngster, my parents made me aware that all that was from the African Diaspora belonged to me. So I came in with Caribbean music, African music, Latin music, gospel music and blues.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks -
I am so happy that I didn't go to school and I didn't have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly. And what you do with music and what is the correct way to write it and what is not the correct way to write it.
Yiannis Chryssomallis -
Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
Igor Stravinsky -
I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest!
Fefe Dobson -
I find just in terms of free time I'm always envious of people I know who... listen to music, watch films, play games, read books. I have to pick. And I find frequently that if I've got Sophie's Choice, I'll try to keep up with music and keep up with films. So my book reading and comic reading and game playing is terrible and infrequent.
Edgar Wright
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You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it.
T Bone Burnett -
I have a really full life, both within music and outside it.
Bonnie Raitt -
The power of music is still with me, every day. It's one of the most inspiring things available in the world.
Cameron Crowe -
The thing about being a university teacher is that you're fairly tolerant about young people saying things they shouldn't have said.
Mary Beard -
The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this country.
David F. Houston -
I'm really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there's sound and visuals. When I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It's a feeling that you can't label with words.
Black Francis Pixies