Music Quotes
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The fact I wasn't getting off made me realize that I really had to take a hard look at it and at the type of music that I played, which ranges from ballads to country type stuff to rock and rhythm 'n' blues. It takes in a wider spectrum.
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I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it.
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I can't be enthusiastic as soon as I write something on the music sheet. The music sheet is only the beginning: it has to be listened to, played by the instruments, and then heard by the director, but most importantly, it has to be listened to by the public.
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Oh, I am such a nerd when it comes to music - I only listen to Broadway!
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I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.
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I'm from a small town where everybody always has something to say - you shouldn't sing secular music, you shouldn't do this or do that. A ton of "shouldn'ts."
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In America, life is introverted, self-absorbed - and so is their music.
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I don't listen to a lot of music at all. I think that's very bizarre too, because it was such a comfort zone for me. But I don't know if I had my fill, but I don't listen to a lot of music, because I'm creating it.
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As a musician, I know that it'll take time for me to get to the ranks of an established artiste. Nevertheless, I'm very happy that people are appreciating my music.
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We're thinking about printing the lyrics with the next record so that people can find their own meaning in them. But then they would start having a life of their own, and I think the Portishead music should stay a whole in which the lyrics come second, actually.
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I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that.
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After my tour I had time to stay at home, be with my boyfriend and hang out with friends and that brought me down to earth and helped me write music from a more relaxed place.
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When you sit down and play your music for someone you respect, you get that feeling in your stomach of like: 'Oh my God...' You know if it's not great because you start to feel sick.
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I don't really hear the Beatles when I listen to my own music.
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My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to the radio - why do you sing in an American accent? I guess it was because a lot of the music I was listening to had American vocalists.
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I hope that the movie industry will learn from the experiences of the music industry and will be much more constructive in their approach to P2P.
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American music culture is black culture.
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I write for myself; I'm trying to keep myself interested in the music. But at the same time, I want to make the songs relatable in a way; I want to keep melodies pretty simple and the lyrics open-ended so that people could maybe relate them to their own life in different ways. Something for everybody to have a piece of.
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Music helps set a romantic mood. Imagine her surprise when you say, "We don't need a stereo - I have an accordion."
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I love working and writing new songs. But sometimes you need to wait, to have something in your mind, and then you can let yourself play music.
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I want to make music for everyone. I'm not trying to start a super exclusive group. I don't want a clique of people where you have to wear a certain type of clothes to come to our shows, or you have to be the ages of this and this.
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It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.
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I'm a computer nerd. I'm behind my computer, like, 12 hours a day making new music.
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I had a friend who had been teaching music for a long time, and he knew a bunch of teachers, so I just put up the money and started a school.
