Music Quotes
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I don't think it is too good especially with music to worry about authenticity, it can get in the way of doing something which comes naturally from your own head which is the most authentic thing of all.
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I can be a traditionalist but also play with Luke Bryan and get the crowd to go crazy. I think that mix is a lot of what has kept me going and kept people fired up about the music.
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When 'Raw Like Sushi' came out in the U.S., I wasn't considered to be black enough. They didn't really know where to put me. The music wasn't 'black black' sounding. It wasn't R&B; it wasn't straight up hip-hop, although obviously in that dimension and world.
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I didn't really know about Marilyn Manson - it's not my sort of music, not exactly the sort of thing I would curl up and listen to!
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You know, for most of its life bluegrass has had this stigma of being all straw hats and hay bales and not necessarily the most sophisticated form of music. Yet you can't help responding to its honesty. It's music that finds its way deep into your soul because it's strings vibrating against wood and nothing else.
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I'm an underdog by nature, and I like to be fighting. I don't make music for myself. I make music to fight.
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I really liked 'Blk Girl Art.' It's like a manifesto saying why I create, whether it's poetry or music.
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I feel my duty is to make music.
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I don't want music to be a museum.
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The race factor was just a minuscule part of what I was doing with Eminem. It was really about the music and how well we worked together.
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I always loved music and was drawn to it and affected by it. But it wasn't until I got to San Diego that I started exploring music more.
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We never settle for 'This is good enough.' It always has to be amazing because that's the kind of music we'd want to listen to, and that's the kind of music we want to give to other people.
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I'm starting to feel like so much of rock music is derivative and boring.
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Schools, the first thing they cut is music programs. They don't realize how important music is to kids.
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I promised myself that I wouldn't be afraid to be who I was when I chose to do this music thing.
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The way I started playing music was sitting around with friends and singing songs. I love good ol' fashioned guitar pulls.
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There's something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. That's something I wanted in my paintings.
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I don't feel embarrassed by any of the music that I like. I think it's all genuinely clever, good music.
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I used to think there was something dirty about being paid for something which is a sacred thing to do. I can't disconnect the act of writing music from the act of prayer. If anyone tries to stop me working, it feels like someone is trying to stop me from taking communion.
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I've always tried to put a little message in my music.
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One of the reasons we survive as a band is that we are seen as a band of today. We don't want to be seen as a band that tours and plays old songs. We feel that we are making the best music of our careers.
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Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.
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I like any music I can feel.
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'Drive' is definitely an inspiration because it was a film that was able to use what would normally be considered cheesy, kind of bold, electronic music choice and pull it off in a mainstream way.
