Luke Benward Quotes
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because that's what gets a dinner party off to a fun start.
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy.
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Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.
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When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly in Canada, missed out on an outpouring of brilliant R&B music.
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I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.
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Obviously, you want to honour the sound of your music, but I'm definitely open to trying new things and making myself use a different palette of sounds.
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I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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I'm going to put music out when I feel like it's ready.
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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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The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.
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I always have music. I love it to be very upbeat. When you're having drinks, I like something like Cesaria Evora. During dinner, I like the much more traditional - old Frank Sinatra and things like that.
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I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?
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I think many people simply feel like they don't recognize their country anymore.
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There's no amount of money that would make me decide something for a career.
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With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.
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I've always loved to incorporate music into acting because I have a passion for both.
