Music Quotes
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There are a lot of bands that have a huge appeal, but I don't understand why. Guns n' Roses. U2. But you know, that's just my thing. Music is pretty personal.
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Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion.
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Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan.
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Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.
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I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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There are so many wonderful, wonderful musicians in the world, I cannot possibly make a distinction between the fact that they might play classical music, or bluegrass, or Irish traditional, or Indian music.
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I think I need to accept the fact that I am where I am today because fans have shared my music illegally and legally, but I wouldn't be here today without the Internet, so I can't speak out against it.
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What's interesting is a lot of the older music when we start performing it, it acts a lot like muscle memory. It's kind of like riding a bike. For me as a singer, I just had to remember like what part of my face I sang that into.
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Through music, I think we can inspire each other.
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I don't have no favorite rock bands. I'm a fan of rock music, though.
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That's what I care about is the people I work with and representing them and helping to make their music apparent for the rest of the world.
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I'm very happy that I got introduced to music only as something you got pleasure from.
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I'm the most comfortable when I'm at home resting doing nothing.I feel the most myself when I'm with music.
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Liner notes, Music Bank box set, 1999.
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Yeah when I was 7 or 8 my moms would have little parties, and I would play the music.
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All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.
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I'm nervous, but once I get a guitar on and start a song, after the first few seconds, I can feel it ease. I don't have to worry about anything other than the music.
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People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education.
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My whole drive is to make sure that music is a common space where we search for beauty and share it. It needs to be louder than any conversation. That's where we have to go as a human race.
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I think music can definitely be art; I also think music can be crap and not be art.
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Music enriches people's lives in the same way paintings and literature do. Everybody deserves that.
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What I like to do when I get to a new place is buy local music early on and listen to it while we're driving around. I think it helps explain and illuminate the culture of where you are if local music is playing.
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I really look up to Will Smith. He's internationally known, and people know him from everything. I don't know any kid who hasn't seen and liked Fresh Prince, or you'll like one of his movies or his music. He's perfect, and he's done everything. That's my dream: to be internationally known.
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I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.
