Common (Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn) Quotes
I can only speak for myself - there were times when I just wasn't inspired by creating music.Common
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
Adam Levine Maroon 5 -
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.
Ina Garten -
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 -
My specialty is two things: music or really strange stories.
Malik Bendjelloul -
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
Gary Lucas
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
Yuna -
If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
Leighton Paul Walsh -
I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like I'm working in a cycle in that respect, because it's every day anyway, no matter what I'm doing. Then I get to a point when I've collected together enough words that seem like they want to be songs rather than poems, or sometimes not.
P. J. Harvey -
Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
It feels like Gangstarr is the purest group in hip-hop. They was shooting videos on the beach in the winter when the water was ice. Razor-blade music.
Fat Joe -
I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful.
Natasha Bedingfield
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
W. H. Auden -
There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.
Daniel Ek -
My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
Bebe Rexha -
I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.
Damon Albarn Gorillaz -
But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons -
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.
Yuna
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Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.
Paul Weller Incognito -
I've been able to experience so many things since I've had my record deal.
Cole Swindell -
The putting on of vestments and lighting candles, it's a wonderful ritual that never changes from one Mass to another.
Liam Neeson -
I don't give a damn about any actors. What good will John Barrymore do you with the bases loaded and two down in a tight ball game. Either I get the money (more than Barrymore), or I don't play!
Babe Ruth -
I can only speak for myself - there were times when I just wasn't inspired by creating music.
Common