Music Quotes
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Lou Reed's spirit and the way he did things was so important. Him and his music mean so much to me as the years go by.
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The 20th century is a period defined by cultural and artistic movements. However, the 21st century creative-scape that we occupy now doesn't really have movements in the same way. Instead it's made up of diverse individuals working across various platforms simultaneously; art, architecture, film, music and literature.
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I'm really looking forward to it because it will give me the opportunity to do the whole other kind of approach to the music live that I haven't had a chance to do. and I think is important for me to do.
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The more perfect music we have, the more attractive the peculiarities and anomalies of human performance become. Perfection is a second rate idea.
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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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The thing about me is that I'm a total music freak.
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The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.
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Really connecting with someone and maybe opening their mind a little bit, is such a cool thing to be able to do through music.
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There were a lot of heads turning when people found out I was doing music and when they found out it was country, they were like, 'What?'
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Obviously, I want to sell records, but I do it because I find it therapeutic. In music I can be myself.
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I started playing music around 13 or 14, played jazz in high school, and played other stuff in college. After college, I tried to make it as a musician. I lived in a big squalid house full of dudes outside of Boston. We were all musicians. We built this studio in the basement and played there all hours of the day.
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Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.
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I was too restless as a boy to sit through an entire mass. It was akin to aversion training. I looked at it like a puppet show with a totally predictable story line. The only aspect I really liked was the music.
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I don't want music to be a museum.
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The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.
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There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I never really have problems playing music. That never seems like work.
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We created Apple Music to make finding the right music easier for everyone - men and women, young and old.
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I would like all my friends, followers, fans and fellow travelers to know that I am fighting cancer and will therefore be taking a break from performing while getting the treatment and cure. I shall of course be continuing to write music - in my world it just has to be part of the therapy - and I fully expect to be back in good shape next year.
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Acting was my first love before music.
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Obviously, with creating music you are solely responsible for the creation of it.
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If people sneak into my show, that's a sign of a good show, you know? If people want to risk getting in trouble with the law to come see you play music, that's a sign you're doing something right.
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Will.i.am and I performed at Wango Tango. That's when my daughter said that I had made it in music.
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My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I go to.
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My strength as a singer is my versatility. I find it really frustrating when I'm only expected to show off. The music industry is awash with female acrobats. What happens to the song, and treating it for its sake and not as an ego example?
