Music Quotes
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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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Dancing is an important function of music, but so is crying.
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My music sounds different because the techniques are archaic, seeing as most people only record digitally.
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The discipline of singing early music has a special sound - (it's) very clear.
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Music can be witty, but it's not funny unless it's conceptually funny.
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My real fans understand what it is I do, but on another level I have fans who just love my music and don’t know I write it and enjoy it shallowly - and that’s OK too. I think art and music should be just as powerful if you drink it shallow as if you drink it deep.
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I work with musicians whose opinions I respect and if they don't like something they don't hold back. They'll say, 'That really sucks' and 'You've lost it' and 'You're no good anymore.' And I crawl away with my tail between my legs and I fear that kind of ridicule, but I want them to like the music I'm bringing to them.
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I never even went to high school because I went straight from middle school into the music business. I don't really know what it is supposed to be like.
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There are so many times that, as a woman in the music industry, you're asked questions no male musician would ever be asked.
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I believe honesty comes across in music because for most people music isn't just something to dance to.
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My family wasn't in the music business, but they loved music.
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I just liked music, and I really liked rock guitar. I didn't think I was going to be a rock guitar player, because I was a girl. I would've been too shy to play with guys.
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The Clash were innovative, radical and helped drive a change in music that was ground-breaking. In comparison to some of the music today they sounded like they meant it. I still listen to their music today to remind myself what music made with commitment sounds like.
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I've always been pretty unfaithful - I've never stuck to one kind of genre or music.
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Snatam Kaur is a yogini, and I find her music deeply spiritual. I feel more love and I feel more peace when I listen to her music.
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I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the facts in my scripts.
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Music is the universal language.
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I think that Yes' music is kind of on its own out there, and it goes through different chapters, and that involves different people. I don't think it's a case of 'any year is better than any other.' They can all co-exist quite comfortably.
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I don't believe in setlists unless it's with a band I haven't played with before or a situation like that … I've never used a set list. I expect my band, or people playing music with me, to know what the songs are if I start going to the eighth note. They need to know that.
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Music and opera are a big part of my life.
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People sort of imagine Chris Morris and me sitting somewhere dark, with dripping taps and chilling background music. In fact, we like to sit on his roof in the sunshine - and there's an endless amount of just sitting there, going, 'So, erm, er, what shall we do?'
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The process of introducing people to new music is amazing. It's a gift. One of the best parts of any day is when someone says, 'Hey, check out this new band...'
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We mainly focus on putting music, art, dance, theater, all forms of art, back into the community, so the community can put it into the world.
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Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.
