Music Quotes
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Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as breathing.
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I have to be involved. Whether it's me writing by myself or with other people, I definitely want to have my hand in the creative process. That's part of why I got into music in the first place.
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Music is so important in a human life. It finds a space inside us that nothing else touches.
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I want to make hand-held music, undiminished by the need to make everybody in the world listen at once. The goal is to ride into the sunset, stereo blasting, and all of what's got you worried will disappear in the rear view mirror!
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Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz.
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Very seldom do I write words and have somebody put the music to them. If I'm writing lyric and music at the same time, I usually finish the music rather quickly.
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We have learned to forget individual likes, dislikes, and differences of temperament for the sake of music to which we have dedicated our lives.
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I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.
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Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.
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I like all kinds of music - classical, pop, rock, electronic.
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Music enriches people's lives in the same way paintings and literature do. Everybody deserves that.
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There's more to life than listening to rock music.
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Arcade Fire always churns out music that makes me want to move.
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It is now clear that the controversial practices of companies that provide directories and an easy interface to libraries of unlicensed music are in fact detrimental to the growth of the music business and those artists whom they claim to support.
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I liked 'Rumours,' but to me, there was some point where the focus became the sales, not the music.
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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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I have to tell you that I love people. When I see the kids coming up and see what they have done with the music, it's amazing.
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I just think if you play it, it seeps in, it seeps into the performances, it seeps into the atmosphere of the movie. And a lot of times I used the music ... while they were doing the scene.
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There's something in me that loves to inspire people: when I'm playing music, I imagine all this sparkly stardust going through everyone. I want to make people come alive.
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When I was 18, I took a trip to Thailand with a friend. We stayed for a month. Bangkok was very raw for a teenager: there were no cellphones, no Internet, and the only music I had with me was this cassette by Liz Phair. I was writing a lot of poetry, and she embodied a talky style of songwriting that I found very accessible.
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I really want to put the emphasis on creating music. I want to cut a record. I want to start going on tour.
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The music industry is a world of smoke and mirrors: they tell you exactly what they think you want to hear. And they are bare-faced lying. I tend to stay away from that.
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I done made music with Makonnen, Frank Ocean. We all make great music.
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Truly, with a sitcom and the rhythms of comedy... music is so helpful in that area of life.
