Music Quotes
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I honestly just hope to continue creating music that people can relate to and connect with in a personal way.
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When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.
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The people that only listen to one song from a record and flip around that much, if that's the only way they listen to music, they're probably the kind of people that like music as something to drive to, you know?
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My music is about where I am at the time. In 'Raymond vs. Raymond,' I was going through a lot of things, and it came out in my music. My marriage fell apart, and I was suddenly a single father.
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Music gave me something that was not only good for me - it gave me something to work on, something to be proud of and something that I really loved and have a love for - but also music was good for other people because you put joy into the world.
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I'm really into the indie-music scene and listen to a lot of De La Soul.
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The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.
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You can look at 'Rumours' and say, 'Well, the album is bright, and it's clean, and it's sunny.' But everything underneath is so dark and murky. What was going on between us created a resonance that goes beyond the music itself.
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If my music can change someone's mood for the better even a little bit, that's amazing.
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I get really excited about other female acts. I feel inspired when I see another women succeeding in music because it makes me realize that if they can do it, I can do it.
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I feel like my kind of music is a big pot of different spices. It's a soup with all kinds of ingredients in it.
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I've seen 'Hamilton.' I'm obsessed. The music is crazy.
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The game of political music chairs and finger-pointing by career politicians and agency bureaucrats needs to end.
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For just being a black artist in rock n' roll and be able to step outside and create, and make great music. And just be different. Just a different breed. And that's what I love about Jimi Hendrix's music - the way he plays the guitar is so different. He's just an icon all around.
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I think, for a while, my music was exclusively for those who shared my beliefs. But I realized I was perpetuating the bubble that I was living in instead of inviting people into my world.
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For he who is unmusical is a child in music; he who is without letters is a child in learning; he who is untaught, is a child in life.
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I was raised to think that rock was music for ignorant people who didn't think for themselves.
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When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.
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I agreed to go on a date with a nice young man who was a former student of my uncle, who taught music in high schools and colleges. The nice young man took me to a party at his sister's, where I met people who introduced me to virtually all the elements of my future.
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I know that there are a lot of sort of silly things that one thinks as a music listener about bands. I am a fan of many bands.
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I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anything that ceases to be a song and just sounds like house music kind of stresses me out.
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From the church I received a spiritual foundation that has kept me balanced. From the gospel music I learned the importance of singing with emotion- authentic emotion- not contrived- which has made my music endearing.
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It's wonderful doing concerts in places like New York and London, but I feel a responsibility to also bring my work home, to bring world-class, classical music to Somerset.
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I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.
