Mariah Carey Quotes
The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that get people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much.
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As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion.
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Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.
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When you start putting too much thought into it, the music starts getting too revealing. You don't need to know all my inner thoughts.
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I like music a lot.
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The perfect day for me is waking up and having a cup of tea with my kids before I drive them to school; Then, I go into the studio and try and write some music for three or four hours and give up about noon.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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I lost myself in the bubble of music - driving myself to be a success.
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Everything has to evolve. Music has to go somewhere. That's what keeps it fresh.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
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Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.
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I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
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My dad is a football guy, not a music guy. He didn't totally understand when I decided to be a musician.
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Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.
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Working out is my biggest hobby. It's my Zen hour. I just zone out.
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When I'm not working, I prefer not to use any make-up so my skin can breathe. And I always moisturise.
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I'm not very good at picking stuff up off the radio. It takes me way too long to learn other people's music.
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You will not find the warrior, the poet, the philosopher or the Christian by staring into his eyes as if he were your mistress: better fight beside him, read with him, argue with him, pray with him.
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For me, it's the ultimate to be able to nurture and nourish someone. They trust you. It's a basic form of intimacy in a community.
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People who put money in the church basket and people who go to church and pay the pastor: that isn't real philanthropy; that's just like you belong to a country club. You pay your dues to belong to that church, so you pay your tithing or whatever it is.
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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth; from self-assertion, therefore he is distinguished; from self-glorification, therefore he has merit; from self-exaltation, therefore he rises superior to all. Inasmuch as he does not strive, there is no one in the world who can strive with him.
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I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I'm just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
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The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that get people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much.
