Music Quotes
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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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I searched YouTube for 'deaf music videos' and watched them with the sound muted. I noticed that though you could understand the words being signed, the sense of rhythm was lost. That's when I had the idea to create a video where you could see the sounds you couldn't hear.
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Music in general is looking for something new overall.
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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.
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Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.
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I don't know how to thank all the people listening to our music. It's so amazing to come home to my friends who resist conformity, because they're so happy that I've made it.
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I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a choreography. I never think of myself as a poet; I just get up and write.
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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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I've always wanted to write pop music. I never wanted to be cool or make a hipster record.
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Music inflames temperament.
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As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.
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What I'm making music for now is more similar to what I was doing in the beginning. In those days it was all about doing music so when people heard it in a club it would take their minds of their worries. I got more artistic but now I've gone back to basics.
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I always had a frisson when I heard the Champions League music. To play in that competition, to score a goal in it, is something special for me.
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I really think I've found me finally in the music. You know, I had put an album out before, 'Embrace Me,' and it's been seven years since that. So I was discovering who I was. And I still am discovering, but I think now I know a little bit more of who I am. So that's what's pushing me.
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My earliest memories of music are probably my dad listening to a bunch of outlaw country, but also old R&B and Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin. But, you know, I had rock phases and liked more modern R&B acts. I've always listened to all kinds of music, and I like all kinds of music.
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I feel bad about Lil Wayne going to jail, because I don't think anything like this has happened in music since Elvis got drafted into the Army. Let's just keep it real - Lil Wayne is not just the biggest rapper, Lil Wayne is the biggest pop star right now. Maybe Susan Boyle is on his level. But when you talk about music, nice times out of ten, Lil Wayne's name is gonna come into the conversation.
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I think I go with the Duke Ellington view on music. He said, 'There's two kinds of music - there's good music, and then there's the other kind.'
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I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it.
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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 think the path is different for everybody. Go after the doors that are open to you. That has always been my motto getting into the music business. Do the things that seem to be good opportunities and work hard at it. Try to make good decisions and be nice. Hopefully all of that will pay off at some point.
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That's the point of music, to not be selfish and to help other people, I think.
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People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap and it's good water. But they're okay paying for it. It's just the mindset right now.
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Music is my sport, and I'm the number-one athlete.
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Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.
