Music Quotes
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I got thrown out of music school for even listening to Fats Domino and Ray Charles. I was asked, 'What kind of music do you like to listen to?' and I said, 'Well, I do like Paul Hindemith and Igor Stravinsky but I also like Fats Domino and Ray Charles,' and they literally said, 'Either forget about that or leave.'
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System of a Down is the music that I wanted to buy but couldn't find at the store. It's the band I wanted to be a fan of.
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When you get in the pocket, there is a place where the music begins to play itself. When you can find that spot, it's the best feeling in the world.
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Any kind of dance or house, remix type music, I really love that. That will really pump me up. I really love anything Beyonce - honestly, that would pump me up.
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Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.
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Just to know that someone who's 15 years old is listening to my music and the work that I've done - it's definitely a blessing.
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Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.
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When I use the Internet, it's pretty much strictly for music. Checking out other people's web sites, what's going on, listening to music. It's pretty much a musical thing for me.
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I think that's what's really beautiful about music, that it is little pieces of your heart and soul.
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When I write music, it's very strange: maybe it's normal, but I see things in songs in different colors.
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The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.
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I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art.
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I've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.
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I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.
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In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture - in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet.
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Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and it's all about hit songs. I can name you every 'Idol' winner and why they didn't go on to have success - their songs. The ones who have - their songs.
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All these children [who did not have music and art classes at school] go out into the world without knowing that there is anything other than what they have. Of course, children do look at TV, but what does it give them?
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The people who were learning from me tended to be more commercial performers who were gonna rip off the salient idea to do it in a way that will sell, but they weren't going for the music.
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If I do something related to English music, it will be definitely in the direction of R&B and pop.
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When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.
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At the end of the day, I want to spend time with my daughter, and this schedule enables me to do that while still having fun hosting '106 & Park.' I'm not really eager to get back into music just yet; I'm really eager to get into another movie before I put out an album.
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There's a certain groove you pick that makes the music flow, and when you have it it's in your pocket. It's the feeling behind the rhythm... to me, the hardest thing to strive for is that feeling, behind the groove.
