Music Quotes
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Music is something you can't really put in terms like in a sport, like running or football - that you win if you score more. In music, there's nothing like that.
Andris Nelsons
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There's a stigma attached to 'pop music,' like it's a taboo word. It used to make my skin crawl when people said it, and I'd say, 'I'm not a pop star! I want to be a respected musician!' But I think people have changed the way they think about it.
Jack Garratt
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I tried so many different musics. I kind of burned out on classical and wanted to make it fun again. I started playing with indie bands and country bands and finally realized electronic music brought my style to life.
Lindsey Stirling
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We're falling into a place where melody is somewhat lacking in music. Everybody feels like, okay, too much melody or too much harmony, and it kind of goes over people's heads; they don't understand it.
Ne-Yo
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One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly.
Common
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Working with Bob Weir directly, we learned how high the bar is for Dead music.
Bryce Dessner
The National
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I've written a very long piece of music recently, the 'Veil of the Temple,' which lasts about seven hours. It's really a kind of vigil. It takes place during the night, waiting for the resurrection of Christ.
John Tavener
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I think in L.A., in terms of the music scene, it's a really strange place. It's really hard to get the feeling that something's happening, or the feeling that something can make it out of there.
Aleksa Palladino
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The thing that happened with the music business, there are no stores anymore where you can buy music. It's all an online business now, and that's, you know - the bookstore culture is a very vibrant part of the American experience that we're very reluctant to see go away.
Jonathan Galassi
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Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate as basic cable.
Nellie McKay
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As a singer, it's basic to preserve what I like to do, which is music, and also to remember my cradlesongs in Spanish.
Thalía
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Whether it's music, loss of something, loneliness or friendship - if that emotion is heightened in some way and painted to fit in between the covers of 32 pages, that can become a picture book.
Chris Raschka
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I think 'GoodFellas' is just a perfect film. From an efficiency of storytelling standpoint, from an entertainment standpoint, from a performance standpoint, from a use of music standpoint, from a cinematography and editing standpoint - to me, it's just a perfect movie.
Derek Cianfrance
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The most stupendous miracle in all music.
Sebastian Bach
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I am optimistic about the future of music.
George Crumb
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It's a little bit more like I want to give this to the people that are really into it first - I don't have a lot of desire to be like Bon Jovi or something like that, I really want to concentrate on the music.
Kip Winger
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Music comes from the musician, not the instrument.
Victor Wooten
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
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I was in school - I was a good learner; if I wanted to get something done, I could get it done. I was lazy, though. I was always, like, sort of an outcast. And when I got home, I was always doing music, but when I was doing music, no one was there to judge it, you know? It was just me in my bedroom. It gave me freedom and made me happy.
Nick van de Wall
