Music Quotes
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The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.
James Gates Percival
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When I began to choreograph and find my way pulling other artists' dreams out and changing music in a visual way, there was still a part of me that had something more to say. There was still a desire to rock a stage and ultimately perform the eight count of my dream, but there was a lot of insecurity there.
Laurieann Gibson
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The only thing that I miss lately in all music is somebody that will put out a melody that you can whistle. It doesn't seem like there's anything happening like that.
Merle Haggard
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It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century.
Alan Hovhaness
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Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent. A strong spirit transcends rules,' Prince once said - and nobody's spirit was stronger, bolder, or more creative. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his band, and all who loved him.
Barack Obama
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We hide ourselves in our music to reveal ourselves...
Jim Morrison The Doors
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I'm a mutt as far as music is concerned, because I listen to everything.
Justin Timberlake NSYNC
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You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance.
Ken Robinson
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You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a specific moment is what drives it.
Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin
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Bob Dylan is one of the very few people in the history of popular music who you can unquestionably apply that word genius to.
Steve Earle
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Irving Berlin has no place in American music -- he is American music.
Jerome Kern
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The fact that I wasn't expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear... it had a huge affect on the kind of musician that I became.
Andrew Bird
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I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades.
Peter Asher
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I just want Christians to embrace the fact that music is made not just for the church, but it's also for the people that need to hear about the love of God.
Anthony Evans
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That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.
Alvin Lee
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Acting-wise, I did a web series. I play a music agent in a series called 'Keeping Up with the Downs.'
James Michael Tyler
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What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music.
Philip Glass
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If my life and music brings a smile or makes a difference in any individual's life, then there is nothing beyond for me as a god's gift.
Adnan Sami
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We're in an age when everything's present tense. People don't know how to be still and surrender to the music.
Pete Hamill
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I just make music however I feel and pray that it connects, and if it does, I'm super thankful. I think genres are more for other people, not for yourself.
SZA
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TVXQ has always chased after different music styles, and their members all have very strong talents.
Dong Young-bae Big Bang
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The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified.
Jeremy Renner
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I had always thought that I would do something that was connected to music as a career, or possibly Chinese, which was my major.
Charles Soule
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It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about making music together?' because maybe I'm afraid of rejection or I don't want to put anybody out. It's the Southerner in me, like, 'I don't mean to bother you but do you mind making a song?'
Mary Beth Patterson