Music Quotes
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Mozart's music is the mysterious language of a distant spiritual kingdom, whose marvelous accents echo in our inner being and arouse a higher, intensive life.
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I think the idea of being on stage and playing for people, and being able to inject a little bit of joy into their lives is a really exciting concept for me. That's definitely why I make music. It's never been for any kind of materialistic reasons, so that thought of being able to be up on stage, and being able to give something to someone in a moment of need for them - that gets me up in the morning; that really excites me.
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Nobody in my family plays music professionally, but I definitely grew up around the culture of when my parents got together, as well as a lot of eating and drinking going on, they would also sing - they sat around in a circle, and everyone had a party piece.
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El Paso is where I started. I don't feel like I'd be making the music I'm making now if I hadn't gone there.
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I'm 48 now and whatever I get music-wise, I get from my kids and that's it. I don't think I'll ever be hip again!
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Well you know, I've been into music my whole life, so to be able to put an album together with some of that music was awesome.
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As a musician, you are all the music that you absorb into your mind; that just subconsciously connects.
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I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.
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I think the business of music has really taken a huge hit. There's no doubt about it. But an artist is always going to produce their art, their music. They're going to paint, they're going to write.
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And as the players tried to take the field, the Marching Band refused to yield.
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I like writing a body of music that has a cohesive, emotional thread through it.
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When something really hits me, it makes me want to either jump off something really high or lie down and be buried. I want people to get hit and caught by my music.
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We played everything from "White Sports Coat" to Bill Haley and the Comets - whatever happened to be the "in music" at the time.
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I can't read music. That's not where I come from musically. I come strictly from feeling, and that feeling comes from rock & roll.
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Music is pretty much the lifestyle, not the music itself. The lifestyle really pulled me off the street. Made me want to do something organized and positive.
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They flat their fifths, we drink ours.
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Rock music is predictable, unless there's great talent involved.
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I entered music at a poppy level.
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My real motivation came from my quest for music videos to have the equally soul-touching emotional resonance that straight music does. Honestly, I'm not sure they ever can.
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I'd hate it if everyone in the world liked me, my music and what I wore. It'd make it boring, and I wouldn't have anything to work towards. It's not to everyone's taste, but I can only be me.
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We never think about how many awards we've won. We just want to make the best music we can.
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My sister is an artist and an interior designer. She went to high school for art. I went to high school for music.
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I'm 44 now; I feel better than I did when I was 34. I've got more clarity now. I wake up in the morning, and I write my blog, and then I go upstairs, and I work on music. And I do that every day. That's what I do. I don't check in once a week and think, "Oh, I've gotta come up with something now." I'm always writing. I was just in a coffee shop in Chelsea last night, just killing time, waiting for a friend, and I sat and wrote enough for three good songs. I love it. This is my life. It's all I do.
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When I was young, my parents made me listen to old music and watch Jimmy Durante. I fell in love with the whole mystique of acting and entertainment.
