Music Quotes
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In pop music, people take a stand. When you look at a Beyonce or a Kendrick Lamar, they are going to tell you what they think. And audiences totally get it. They totally love it, and they are totally hungry for it. But in our conservatory training, I think it's a little lacking.
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I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.
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I do dance music, and I can be pretty camp myself from time to time.
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I started singing backgrounds for Mary Mary and Usher during 'Confessions.' Then I jumped to working with Anthony Hamilton, Jill Scott; jumped again to Kanye West, The Killers. I kept saying, 'OK, this is the last time; then I get to do my music.'
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Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.
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It still amazes me how many musicians aren't really interested in engaging with their audience at all. Alfred Brendel, a pianist for whom I have the greatest respect, has described performance as a sacred communion between the artist and the composer. But what about the audience? Music is communication, a two-way street.
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I grew up in Detroit. So my mother always loved big band music.
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When I was a kid, award shows were super-interesting for me. But when I started making music, it was kind of hard to watch because I believed in what I was doing and yet knew I didn't really have a shot.
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Music became my refuge and then my salvation.
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I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco.
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Yeah, I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.
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When I left I just played in rock bands, and started playing acoustic, washed dishes, but pretty much supported myself with music.
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I think from an artist standpoint, you have to put out music that you feel like represents you and things you feel like your crowd wants to hear. And if that drives them to go and download the album or the single, that's what we want.
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My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.
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Maybe Simon Cowell for his effect on music. I call him Slimy Cowpat.
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You just wake up and make music.
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I like lowriders and music from the '50s and '60s. A lot of people assumed I was Mexican.
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I think there's no purpose for writing music if it is not meaningful.
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When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music.
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Most music that comes out of Holland is basically the harder part of dance music - hip-hop, drum'n'bass.
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I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.
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Most of the people that I spend my time around are people who listen to a whole lot of different kinds of music.
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There are those who say the music industry must adapt to a wired world. They point to the decades-long rise in CD prices, even as manufacturing costs came down, and to data that shows Napster may actually increase sales of CDs by music-hungry customers as evidence that the music industry is simply afraid of a new technology.
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Music is something that I have to do on a regular basis. It really is my life and I absolutely love it. It's a part of my day-to-day. So if I had to choose, it would be music. But I love acting too.
