Music Quotes
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I don’t defend myself. I let them talk and limit myself to doing music with conviction.
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There’s good and bad music in all genres. I would be the first one to admit that if you’re listening to some of the smooth-jazz radio stations, a lot of that music is boring. But not all of it is. And if I’m listening to a straight-ahead jazz station, not all of that is emotionally compelling either.
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I'm always pursuing knowledge; I'm a seeker of spiritual equilibrium - and music is a big part of that.
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Social media and young people, art, music, all communications make this one of the most active times for activism. It will be a time of change.
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R&B music became gigantic with people like Marvin Gaye and Barry White and Curtis Mayfield who became superstars. We tried to find a place where Jazz belonged because we didn't sell records.
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In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them.
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I think it's important to add a personal aspect to your music - that's what makes it authentic at the end of the day.
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A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?
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We have a history in country music of writing about the darker side of things - maybe not as much in modern times, but there's a lot of cheating and self-deprecation. We sort it out in song, in country music, as a genre.
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Painting, literature, music, are more closely allied than the public usually admit. They are merely different means of expression.
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I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do.
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I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.
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One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.
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When I first heard hip-hop I thought it was rubbish because I didn't understand the concept of people talking over music.
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Depressives have led countries, won wars, flown rockets to the moon, made great music. Don't let depression stop you employing someone, and never let it cause you to judge them. Depression is not a person. Like any other illness, it is something that happens to a person. It shouldn't define them.
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Rock music pays off. Rock music takes me on a joyride. Rock music keeps me off the hell city bus. Rock music will always look out for me. But I will not let my torture profanity demon shoot it down.
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I believed in fictional characters as if they were a part of real life. Poetry was important, too. My parents had memorized poems from their days attending school in New York City and loved reciting them. We all enjoyed listening to these poems and to music as well.
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I believe that the use of noise to make music will continue and increase until we reach a music produced through the use of electrical instruments which will make available for musical purposes any and all sounds that can be heard. Photoelectric, film and mechanical mediums for the synthetic production of music will be explored.
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I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.
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Be you. If people like it, great. My music is honest, and it comes from the heart. I have never done anything to become famous.
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It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.
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I enjoy bluegrass, folk, gospel, and classical. I don't listen to music when I write. I sometimes listen to music just before I sit down to write.
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I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.
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Music expresses what cannot be put into words I like to think, and I think the band makes a good go at it.
