Lee Ranaldo Quotes
It's not like we set out to antagonize the audience in any way. We're just presenting our music; it's really much more innocent.
Lee Ranaldo
Sonic Youth
Quotes to Explore
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My sister, singer Jessie Ware, and I are always exchanging music. We brainstormed her wedding playlist for months.
Hannah Ware
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The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music.
Zac Hanson
Hanson
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
Laura Mvula
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There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enough to qualify.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.
Daniel Barenboim
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I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and the best way to do that was to use a language that was rhythmic and performative.
Irvine Welsh
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I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and somehow make a dollar here and there.
Ian McLagan
Small Faces
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Without music, life is a journey through a desert.
Pat Conroy
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If she but smile, the crystal calm shall break In music, sweeter than it ever gave, As when a breeze breathes o'er some sleeping lake, And laughs in every wave.
Bayard Taylor
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New methods change the experience, and new experiences change man. Whenever we hear sounds, we are changed, we are no longer the same, and this is more the case when we hear organized sounds; music.1
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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People used to say my music was too difficult or too obscure, and I never set out to be difficult or obscure. I just set out to write what I felt as honestly as I could, and I am delighted when other people feel a part of themselves in the music.
Leonard Cohen
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When people hear music that is spiritual it gets through. Music that is Godlike and loving gets through. I don’t have any power in this world, but I have spiritual power. I think God gave me my music and my talent. I’m trying to get across a feeling of spirituality; I think I have a spiritual influence on people.
Brian Wilson
