Music Quotes
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I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you.
Alan Vega
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I could have continued to get into trouble, but I wanted to do something positive with myself - and music is the best way.
Sonny Sandoval
P.O.D.
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Today all sounds belong to a continuous field of possibilities lying within the comprehensive dominion of music. Behold the new orchestra: the sonic universe! And the musicians: anyone and anything that sounds!
R. Murray Schafer
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I'm not a person who opens up to people, and I feel like music is my way of doing that.
Little Simz
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I had a brother six years older than me, so I wasn't just listening to teenybopper stuff. My brother had the cooler music, but my parents had the Burt Bacharach, Tom Jones, the Association, the Fifth Dimension; these groups were un-cool, but I secretly loved them.
Jill Sobule
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I definitely try to be myself and not try to imitate other performers. That's why I got my music degree. I wanted to be prepared and not be a 'product.' I want people to know that I'm not only a singer but a musician as well. I studied guitar, piano, and composition. I believe that it's just about being myself on and off stage.
Luis Fonsi
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I had teachers in high school to point me in the direction of the University of Indiana School of Music, and after IU, I went on to study at the Academy of Arts in Philadelphia. I graduated in 2006.
Ailyn Perez
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I use music and mantras that transform my thoughts from the negative to the positive. If I'm thinking the world is a horrible place, I can transform my life by saying, 'I won't give up', 'I won't worry my life away' and 'I won't hesitate no more', using these lyrics to change my experience. That is, I believe, what makes me seem like a positive person.
Jason Mraz
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Painting and animation can be kind of long work. Music was more immediate and more fun.
Babatunde Adebimpe
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I enjoy touring and traveling because that's the time when I get to read, and listen to music. You have all that downtime, which is great for that.
Julia Kent
Antony and the Johnsons
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Music and painting should never be literary, a very subtle distinction according to Renoir. As soon as I try to represent an individual, their physiognomy and attitudes, I become a literary artist.
Berthe Morisot
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As far as the execution is concerned ... the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.
Nadia Boulanger
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If I work on music, it'll be for 10 hours a day, so sometimes I'll feel stressed, and I'll go for a two-hour walk. That sorts me out.
Bernard Sumner
New Order
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Music needs a visual element to make it tangible. So, naturally, there's gonna be a synergy between high-level art direction and high-level albums.
Virgil Abloh
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My mom used to play a lot of music around the house, and I think that's where I get my inspiration from.
Ella Mai
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Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school? Are the people inside the school musical and the ones outside unmusical?
John Cage
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I think you really have to remember what you loved about making music in the first place. Ultimately, people can be like, 'We've seen this dude in many movies,' but if they hear a song and they're feeling it, they can look past all the personal things and not hold it against you that you're also an actor.
Common
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Music always hits me when I'm driving so I keep a recorder in my bag.
Angie Stone
