Music Quotes
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If the pressure is getting to you, whistle. In a barely audible way. It's the best way I know of to let go of tension. Music gets your mind off the situation, and the act of whistling melts the tension out of your body.
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In the early eighties, there were a lot of artists involved with the music scene. All those young artists, before their careers took off, were into music. Robert Longo used to play some guitar. He had a band for a while. Basquiat had a band. I mean, people were always trying to mix music and art - in fact, I'm guilty of it myself.
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People grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it's interesting to me. I'm just making music.
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It's always so rewarding, gratifying to me, as an artist and a writer, to see how this music gets more important for a lot of people as time goes by. And it's not just nostalgia. It's a feeling of it's really relevant to their lives, even though it's 20 or 25 years old or more.
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I want people to hear the presence of God in the music.
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I always thought I was singing American folk music.
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Music has the ability to comfort people.
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A lot of people have trouble putting into words what my music is, and it's because of where I grew up.
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Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. If you were going to give Rock 'n' Roll another name you might as well call it Chuck Berry. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - Rock and Roll or Christianity.
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Music without words means
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It's like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music.
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My head works in music, so there's always music there.
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I'd rather not get into what I'm talking about lyrically. I think it's impossible not to demystify a song when saying what it's about. Music and art can be damaged severely by too much information; I say that as somebody that has participated in that.
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I like for it to be mountain music or old-time country music or traditional bluegrass. Either one will fit me. It's traditional, basically.
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Without music, life would be a mistake... I would only believe in a God who knew how to dance.
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The swarm of thoughts, the swarm of dreams Of inaccessible Utopia. A mountainous music always seemed To be falling and to be passing away.
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Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.
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I like any music I can feel.
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I'm sick of all these labels and these manufactured subdivisions of music that don't even exist. And even though I'm pierced myself, I'm sick of everyone equating body piercing with musical courage. If you ask me, it takes a lot more than that.
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The point is it is amazing that the generations have joined in the Beatle madness and love the music. Who knew?
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Kenny Burrell is a great musician and his music has helped to make me what I am today.
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When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction - but, you know, the healthy kind.
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The biggest deal for me was that all 24 winners are placed on the Billboard CD of the Year, which went out to 500 of the biggest Music Reps in the business, from radio and press to management and booking.
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There's nothing - nothing - like the magic of playing music.
