Music Quotes
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I would love to be able to do both (acting and making music). If I look at someone like Sinatra, who toured until he was 80 and made 60 movies, that would be a great life to have.
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When you see the same familiar faces, it's nice when you get a chance to play with the same musicians. You start to develop this shorthand so everybody knows where you're at and where you're going, but then again, there are always surprises. But the more people are comfortable with the material, the more free you can be with the music.
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I always say that the problem with jazz accessibility is not the content of the music, it's people's ability to access it.
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I'm not a household word. The climate for original music is always a bit difficult.
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Some people are making music just for numbers and views.
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I'm a big vinyl listener, I'm a big audiophile. I have a really nice stereo set up at home with a hi-fi and really nice turntable and it's a big deal to me to listen to music in it's purest form like that.
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I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.
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I've always believed in self, I've always believed that as long as I believe, nothing else matters. I just put that type of motivation and that type of energy into my music, and I've always had confidence in my music as well.
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I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.
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I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don't care if they think I'm like someone else because I know I'm not - I'm a total weirdo. I'm not selling a dream; I'm not selling fame like it is some sort of fantastic thing. I'm just trying to sell music and get on with my real life.
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I love how music can create an audiovisual experience. To me, some of the best music is the music that does that.
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I think I always knew I was going to somehow be on a stage. I was quite an extrovert, as a child. And I did a lot of music, when I was younger, so I thought I was going to go into music, but I fell into acting, in a really weird way.
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Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.
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YouTube began as a failed video-dating site. Twitter was a failed music service. In each case, the founders continued to try new concepts when their big ideas failed. They often worked around the clock to try to overcome their failure before all their capital was spent. Speed to fail gives a startup more runway to pivot and ultimately succeed.
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Music is my passion - it's what I love and it's in my blood. You can never take me away from my work.
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I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music... It's my fascination, my on-going passion.
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At this very early stage in my career, I want people to experience the music first and let it drive their imagination and their experiences.
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Some people just can't get over their own hang-ups to listen to my music.
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John Cage made you realise that there wasn't a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn't appreciated.
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We haven't always been boy scouts, but we never lost sight of the music, Let me remind you that this ain't the end.
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I don't see why people want new plays all the time. What would happen to concerts if people wanted new music all the time?
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Sufis were always spreading love with their music, and if some kind of extremism is a threat to it, it is a threat to all humanity.
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We try to make the music very dense. There are six people pulling in a lot of directions, so you're gonna get a lot of energy.
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I love Beyonce. She's so fierce. I also love Lily Allen, and she was an influence on my music.
