Music Quotes
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I’m trying to make music that will last forever, not just for this wave. The thing is, your sound will grow when you grow. I’m always growing as a person, and my music reflects that.
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I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing.
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Jazz of the sort we play is a happy, extroverted music. You don't have to think about it too much.
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I think because I felt so sad I had to bring out my feelings, and try to create music that would make me and all my friends feel better.
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To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life miracle to miracle.
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People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'
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I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry.
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I think it's more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle. It's difficult because it forces you to really get creative.
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I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.
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I love music, and I love singing.
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Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing.
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I understand why it's hard to pin me down because I really relate to so many things. Like, for example, when people ask me what's my favorite music, I can't tell them. I love everything.
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Comics and music have historically had a pretty dicey relationship.
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If music is to continue to support the livelihoods of artists, it cannot be taken without the permission of artists.
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Music is really powerful. It's a universal language that connects everyone.
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Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.
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Belushi was one of my very first heroes. At a time when film, television, and music were undergoing tectonic shifts within American culture, he was at the center of it all. At that moment, he had the number one show on television, the number one film at the box office, and the number one record on the charts.
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The problem with fine art is that in most cases people have to make a special excursion to go and look at it: they can't afford to own it. So it isn't really part of their life in the way that music can be.
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Names for bands lose their meaning after a little while. They become a series of sounds that you associate with people in music, really. The most important thing about choosing a name for a band is if you can imagine forty-thousand people screaming it in unison.
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I like a lot of things about yoga - its an intro to good music; with each good teacher you study with, you learn a lot about them personally; it's not just about specific technique or poses. I also like Shavasana - not too many exercise routines let you nap at the end of them. You don't see nap pods in CrossFit gyms.
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For electronica music, David Linton has been doing this series called Unity Gain, which is pretty cool.
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I breathe music... The acting is a job, but music is life. You need a job to live.
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I've always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier.
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When Merle and I started out we called our music 'traditional plus,' meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever other styles we were in the mood to play.
