Ali Shaheed Muhammad Quotes
When it comes to music, something I'm passionate about, and knowing the reach and the power and how it transforms, it saves lives. Music does.
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I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.
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Remixes are so much fun. For me, it's like this great release of energy. I like producing stuff for myself, but I also enjoy making music that wouldn't really suit my own vibe.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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I liked that music was a window into a world with a lot of unpredictability and chaos; it was almost diametrically opposed to my very regimented day-to-day living.
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of doing that.
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I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get into it. I also like the quieter folk music, that kind of old-school rockabilly or country. I'm not really picky when it comes to music, as long as it's honest.
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Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.
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I was never really a Mod. I thought I was more of a beatnik with the brown corduroy jacket, blue jeans, etc. I loved the music Mods liked, and I loved the clothes, but I didn't have any money to spend on them.
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I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.
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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
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I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well.
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But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
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Everything has to evolve. Music has to go somewhere. That's what keeps it fresh.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.
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Even now, at 82 years old, if I don't learn something every day, you know what I think? It's a day lost. Now, I don't practice every day. I just take the guitar, swear at it. But I should be swearing at myself. But I fool with music. I'm doing something musically all the time. And my ears are wide open for anything I can hear.
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Music is what our feelings sound like.
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If you can fight directly with your mother, you can save a fortune in psychiatrist's bills.
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Thank God that I had the ability to understand that I had a different beat and that I was a drummer.
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Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.
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I don't think I have ever been out of control.
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God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake us up to the presence of others in this world, and that mechanism is called suffering.
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When it comes to music, something I'm passionate about, and knowing the reach and the power and how it transforms, it saves lives. Music does.
