Susan Ann Sulley (Susanne Sulley) Quotes

I think a lot of people go in TV talent shows because they want to be famous and not because it's about the music.

Susan Ann Sulley The Human League

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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.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Music
  • Me
  • Movies

• I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.

  

  Gary Lucas
  • Time
  • Music
  • Listening

• There's never any pressure on the music having to be something.

  

  Beck
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• My scientific work is much more practically minded - to change something, to effect something. And the music I do is much more soft power, about changing minds.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
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  • Power

• Lots of people think I'm telling porky pies when I say how nervous I get about singing. I was good at working out how music was put together, and I was good at being at the back, but if you asked me to sing up front, then I looked like I was going to pass out.

  

  Laura Mvula
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• That music and the lyrical aspects of Razorblade Romance is so personal to me that, now with me being grown up a bit and meeting new people and doing new things, it makes me look at the same things I was writing about back in the day through a different colored lens.

  

  Ville Valo HIM
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• I grew up listening to Nick Drake. Without him, I would not write music - and 'Pink Moon' is my favourite LP.

  

  Gabrielle Aplin
  • Up
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  • Listening

• People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • People
  • Music
  • Communication

• The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.

  

  Adam Hicks
  • Music
  • Respect
  • Style

• It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.

  

  Carlisle Floyd
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• I consider myself very fortunate. I mean, I think there's that old saying, 'Where there's a will, there's a way,' and I just have such a passion for jazz music and playing the piano that I just find a way to make it work, so to speak. Fortunately, I have so far.

  

  Aaron Diehl
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• This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
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• The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Music

• My whole life and my whole career, even through my music, I tell people: let's unify; let's show more love.

  

  DJ Khaled
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• Music is an emotion, and I put it out there.

  

  Daron Malakian System Of A Down
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• We still have to overcome the notion that a clarinet squeaks. People need to remember what a beautiful instrument it is, including in popular music.

  

  Anat Cohen
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  • Remember

• I've always loved music, but I never really played anything. After 'Walk the Line' and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music.

  

  Joaquin Phoenix
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• If you like looking at 'Starry Night' or water lilies or whatever, then why does it matter if it's an original? If the artist is still alive, and you want to support them, I get it. But if you want some famous dead guy's work, that's just a way for rich people to show off. It's the upper-class version of driving a giant Hummer.

  

  Chris Cubas
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  • Work
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• I don't really mind criticism in music or in shows and stuff like that at all. I mean, it doesn't really worry me even if it's like out of place. At least it's relevant.

  

  Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones
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  • Worry

• There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I'm almost 9,000 days down. There are no warm-ups, no practice rounds, no reset buttons. Your biggest risk isn't failing, it's getting too comfortable. Every day, we're writing a few more words of a story. I wanted my story to be an adventure and that's made all the difference.

  

  Drew Houston
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  • Words

• And we're in the middle of a 'perfect storm.' These days, government social services are being bad-mouthed and defunded. The non-profit world is looking more and more like the for-profit world. The growing gap between rich and poor makes most of us very anxious about where we stand.

  

  Arlie Russell Hochschild
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  • Growing

• Happened to be the first time we played the song live, but I absolutely for the life of me could not find the key singing and had to stop the band to find it.

  

  Joe King The Fray
  • Singing
  • Find
  • Key

• I think a lot of people go in TV talent shows because they want to be famous and not because it's about the music.

  

  Susan Ann Sulley The Human League
  • Music
  • Famous
  • Talent Show