Andra Day Quotes
I really like jazz and soul, but I also love so many other types of music, and I didn't want to be afraid to blend and experiment.
Quotes to Explore
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I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
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If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be this: don't let what has happened to the American economy happen here. Don't let Australia become a down-under version of New Jersey, where the people and the communities whose skills are no longer in demand get thrown on the scrap heap of life.
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Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.
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I love funk and soul and Motown.
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I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.
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We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.
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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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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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There is a wide, yawning black infinity. In every direction, the extension is endless; the sensation of depth is overwhelming. And the darkness is immortal. Where light exists, it is pure, blazing, fierce; but light exists almost nowhere, and the blackness itself is also pure and blazing and fierce.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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I think music docs could turn off some people.
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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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I've always been singing all my life, but I started playing guitar when I was 19, and that was my final year in university, in law school. I think that happened when I started making a lot of friends who were in the independent music scene.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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Music is everywhere and in everything! I draw my inspiration from the day to day activities of my life!
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Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.
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The band and I really enjoy working for people who enjoy the music. I haven't made a bazillion dollars doing this. I do it because I love it. I did it for free and will do it for free in the morning.
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Jesus was the only One that ever raised the dead," The Misfit continued, "and He shouldn't have done it. He shown everything off balance. If He did what He said, then it's nothing for you to do but throw away everything and follow Him, and if He didn't, then it's nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can by killing somebody or burning down his house or doing some other meanness to him. No pleasure but meanness," he said and his voice had become almost a snarl.
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I knew I wanted to act since I was 10, but I didn't actually start acting until I was in high school. My favorite play was 'Lilies of the Field.'
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Beautiful eyes are those that show, Like crystal panes where hearth fires glow, Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
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I really like jazz and soul, but I also love so many other types of music, and I didn't want to be afraid to blend and experiment.
