Music Quotes
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Though my verse but roam the air And murmur in the trees, You may discern a purpose there, As in music of the bees.
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To know music is to transfer it to life.
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Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.
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The best music of any era lasts well, I think.
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Our lives are songs; God write the words And we set them to music at pleasure; And the song grows glad, or sweet or sad, As we choose to fashion the measure.
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In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner. Your music goes through these filters of record labels and media, and you're hoping you'll find someone who'll help you get your work into the world.
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I want to travel around the country and make my living playing music. I also try to behave in a way that I would appreciate as a music fan. That's how we conduct ourselves, be it in writing music or playing it live.
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Music and improving the world are two sides of the same coin.
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One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
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Honestly, the more things start to get bigger and better, the more I am just inspired to work harder and put my music out there and make better music and keep everything going.
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Where fashion in clothes, bodily adornment, and music are concerned, it is the underclass that increasingly sets the pace. Never before has there been so much downward cultural aspiration.
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The fact that people still know us is, in my opinion, a result of our music and of the big money that runs the music industry today. The people who control the industry are accountants who recycle everything in new, nostalgic packages, and everything else, to make more money.
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In retrospect I realize that the threat was about ego rather than the validity of the music.
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As a professional cellist, I go to mostly classical concerts because that's the music I play, but I am also always trying to find out who the voices of our time are. I attend a spectrum of concerts that are close to classical - anything from Wynton Marsalis to Renee Fleming.
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'Music Hop' in 1963 was my first hosting job of a variety program.
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Usually, when I see films that don't have any score attached to them, I think they're beautiful. I love just the naked sound of the voice. That's already music.
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I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing.
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I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.
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Ask me about the challenge of becoming as good at music as I am at motorsport, and I have to say: my career has been racing, and I don't plan on music becoming my next career.
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I never watch TV. I'm a Radio Four addict. I love listening to music too.
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Fleet Foxes are a really talented band. They make beautiful music.
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I think it really comes down to, it doesn't matter if it's a girl or man, it's about if you have something to say, it's about the music, you know?
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I pretty much draw the line when people want you to do original music for commercials.
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My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it be the groove and grunt of James Brown or the pickle-pop sounds of Kraftwerk or Yellow Magic Orchestra, hip hop is also part of what they call hip-house now, or trip hop, or even parts of drum n' bass.
