Music Quotes
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Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?
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I really do seek to create music that is timeless, ... Each project takes on its own life, and the songs from "A Time To Love" are the most appropriate for the statement I wanted to make...The most important thing is, when I do give the music, I'm satisfied with it, that it speaks for what I want to do...It is a different kind of lyric; it's very picturesque. I can see everything that I'm writing, I can visualize all those things happening.
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I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy.
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The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
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I think every revolutionary act is an act of love. Every song that I've written, it is because of my desire to use music as a way to empower and re-humanize people who are living in a dehumanizing setting. The song is in order to better the human condition.
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I definitely want my fans to know that I'm here to stay, and I'm going to continue to give them hot music.
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When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product. And then when music reality and 'Idol hit,' I just didn't watch it, it seemed novelty. And of course the story of 'Idol,' this is one of the greatest stories in television history.
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Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes.
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The brick of my life is music, but the mortar is faith.
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I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.
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I love music, of course, and many, many, many genres. There are hardly any songs I would say that I hate. There's a couple, and I don't even know exactly why I don't like them.
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I have a real issue with radio these days. I just am not into the current music.
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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
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When I see young people interested in music. I always look out for that passion in their eyes. You never know where that might lead.
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I love the Country Music Hall of Fame. I don't think it's just a hall of fame and it's not just a museum. It's a schoolhouse. It's a place where people from all across the world can come and learn about this great genre that we're making a living out of.
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Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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My father's music gives hope to people and also inspires them to break the bonds of injustice and to be positive in life. I've seen that everywhere I go, especially in poor countries and poor neighborhoods.
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I grew up playing music, ever since I was 10 years old.
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Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your statements.
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I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
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Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.
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In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space.
