Music Quotes
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Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.
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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.
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We always talk about our kids being a great way to judge whether it's a hit song because there's something very basic about the way they perceive the music that I think needs to be there if it's gonna be a hit.
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Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.
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Ordering is difficult. It's like arranging pieces of music in a concert: What do you put first? What do you put after the intermission? I want the reader to be sort of surprised, to come to each story freshly.
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There are two types of folk music: quiet folk music and loud folk music. I play both.
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I go to see some big shows of other bands, and I feel like I'm so bombarded and over-stimulated that I lose interest in the music. There has to be light and shade, and less stimulating moments. There has to be an arc to the show.
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It's kind of hard to get deep with Rodgers and Hammerstein. I can't think of a moral in the music - it's just fun.
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What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global citizens. We're all connected these days; we can listen to the same music as kids all around the world and share our ideas.
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I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.
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I like pop music. Earnestly. Most of the greatest technicians, mix engineers, and players are working in pop music.
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To be in a band, at least according to the rules of rock in the 1970s, one must know how to play an instrument. But rather than waste time solving that problem, No Wavers ignored it. The point was simply to make music, not to learn how first.
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I am inclined to believe that some music, like certain poetry, finds its appeal and way to all.
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Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.
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Music From the Edge of Heaven wasn't really an album at all. The band had made the decision to release an LP and then split up. We wanted to go out with a bang in Britain and the rest of the world by having a single that was four songs, not just one song. But we couldn't do that over here because we couldn't release a single without an album.
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Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.
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Because music is a language unto itself, when I'm writing, I need silence. I need to hear the music and the rhythms of the words inside my thoughts.
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There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music.
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Being my own boss and working inside an industry that's not really an industry, I need to keep busy and keep working. The only way to make money in music - unless you're managing someone - is to tour, and even that depends on where you are at.
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I never care personally what people say about me. The music, and the message - this will always be more important to me than people thinking I'm the best.
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I'm sure the atmosphere at Tanglewood and the space there and nature - I think it absolutely fits Wagner's music.
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I feel like everything we do comes down to how it looks. Even no branding is branding. For example, you had no face or image to put to my music at first. That was branding.
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In music, I wanted to make sure I was innovating.
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I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world.
