Music Quotes
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A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad teacher. To be candid, I myself, for example, have never in my life said a word to my pupils about the "meaning" of music; if there is one it does not need my explanations. On the other hand I have always made a great point of having my pupils count their eighths and sixteenths nicely. Whatever you become, teacher, scholar, or musician, have respect for the "meaning" but do not imagine that it can be taught.
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Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for people who seek out music and who love music.
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So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument.
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In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer.
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There are two types of conductors. One is the good conductor who can do passionate music but also listen to the singers and do the orchestra. And then there are great conductors, who have their own opinion on the music, who are ruling everything - and not listening much to the singers, but the orchestra play amazingly.
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The world I was born into was one filled with music.
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When I'm performing music, it's like I'm doing a big improv.
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The bottom line is that musicians love to make music and always will.
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My music has always been enough.
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Music has always been a huge part of my life and when I was a kid I was always throwing myself into whatever I could music-related - even if it was a little embarrassing!
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I've been thinking about going back to university. I need more tools to continue to apply to the music. I've got to open myself up to more language.
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One of my biggest heroes in music has been David Bowie. He's said, `I'm going to be a painter now, or I'm going to do some films,' and his audience is very forgiving, because they understand him as an artist. Whether you agree or like the result, you respect that he's expressing his artistic feelings.
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For all families, participation in music and the arts, can help people reclaim and achieve the American dream.
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I still have a lot of passion for music, but I would quit it tomorrow if that's what my family needed me to do. I'm sure I'd miss it, but it's a job.
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My intention always has been to arrive at human contact without enforcing authority. A musician, after all, is not a mili- tary officer. What matters most is human contact. The great mys- tery of music making requires real friendship among those who work together. Every member of the orchestra knows I am with him and her in my heart.
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Every time somebody asks me, 'Oh, when you mix your own music, what are you going to make?' And I don't know.
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All the best art and music feels like some type of truth - even if it's really simple - that you just can't deny. A listener can feel that.
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I think that the process of making music is a hard one to describe as well.
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They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.
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It's almost schizophrenic who I portray in my music.
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Words move, music moves Only in time; but that which is only living Can only die. Words, after speech, reach Into the silence. Only by the form, the pattern, Can words or music reach The stillness.
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I make music for the whole world, not just one borough.
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Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also the window to our souls. It's a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we're going.
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Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.
