Music Quotes
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Music is careful attention paid to ongoing experience.
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I have a passion for music; I love music. But I also have a passion for money and paying my bills.
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... you watch Jimi Hendrix literally reinvent the instrument. He was playing from somewhere else. He was really a kind of hybrid, and I can't even begin to imagine where he came from
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I like to think of music as an emotional science.
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The problem with music was always that the sound system often obliterated the words, and words, not music, have always been what I was about.
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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you’re out of your mind. There are more kicks the fuck to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, you’re crazy. It can fix you so you can’t play nothing or sing nothing.
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Passion: It's what separates a singer from an entertainer. I hope I have passion for my music, my family, and my friends until they start shoveling dirt on my face.
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I did Hilary Duff's 'With Love' music video-slash-fragrance ad.
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The 'Carousel' overture has always been one of my all-time favorite pieces of music.
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I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.
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That was my challenge then, how to make scratching still fun for someone who didn't necessarily come to hear that. It was fun to develop that technique. And now in dance music - I'm still a hip-hop guy at heart, but I love dance music.
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And he who has dwelt with his heart alone, Hears all the music in friendship's tone. So better and better I comprehend How sorrow ever would be our friend.
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I think that I'm definitely going to keep writing music forever. I can't stop even if I tried.
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I don't like listening to my music, not even new pieces. Generally, they sound pretty much like I expected them to sound, so it's what I wanted, and that's it.
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Music can be a source of escapism.
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Music speaks directly to the heart. This response, this echo within the heart, is proof that human hearts can transcend the barriers of time and space and nationality. Exchanges in the field of culture can play an important role in enabling people to overcome mistrust and prejudice and build peace.
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Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.
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Alan Menken, for example, is one of my heroes for all of the music he's written for Disney.
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People take music too seriously.
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That's what music-making is: a dialogue.
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Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music. Emotionally, he honestly absorbs the vibrations emanating from the people, manners and life of his time and, in turn, gives these impressions back to the world -- simplified, clarified and glorified.
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I always thought I was singing American folk music.
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Look: I download music illegally, if I really want it. But I always then buy the record - I support art.
