Music Quotes
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I'm constantly on my toes and re-examining my own music.
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Through the music and words we, as the band The ex, express our thoughts and opinions and ideas. It is not always totally necessary for our audience to clearly hear and understand every line I sing. The power and impact, the positive energy of the music are as much part of the whole thing as the words. We are not trying to convert people, but we believe in our music and like to play it in front of other people, hoping that we can get them as excited as we are about our music.
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We all know this: Music is such a fundamental part of life.
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I would say, from an all-around point of view, Bruce Springsteen is one of the two great poet lords of America, Bob Dylan, coming out of the music world, the two of them.
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Working with Bob Weir directly, we learned how high the bar is for Dead music.
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And the music, as far as a type of music, it's still pretty viable.
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I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.
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Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music and provides concrete examples of some of the best ways to present the music in the widest variety of settings-radio, TV, recordings, movies, concert halls, festivals, solo, small ensemble, big band, symphony orchestra, opera, Broadway shows.... You name it, he did it!
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One reason to write a poem is to flush from the deep thickets of the self some thought, feeling, comprehension, question, music, you didn't know was in you, or in the world.
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Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards.
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I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.
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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.
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I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.
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I just love a slow groove. I feel so comfortable in it. But I listen to a lot of fast music, a lot of techno and house.
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If you go to pretty much everywhere in the developing world, you will find Bob Marley murals, and you'll find people playing his music.
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There's so much music going on in New Orleans.
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I love driving. Listen to some music.
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When Marvin Gaye made his music, he evoked this feeling that would reach everybody.
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I’m a very introverted person and this whole constant self promotion that musicians are forced into these days is something I can’t stand, because fans, media and music industry people spend more time looking at social media stats than actually listening to the music.
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In my home, we listened to music all the time. I was raised through music, and I've been interested in it since I was three.
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I have written symphonic poems and chamber music. It is my way of personal expression.
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I listen to country music. I listen to jazz. I listen to R&B. I listen to Jimi Hendrix a lot.
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Music and dance is part of everything in New Orleans. So I grew up appreciating it all.
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I can't write music unless I'm deeply connected to it and that connection almost always comes from some experience that I have had or am having.
