Music Quotes
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I don't read as much as I'd like. I've been writing a lot. I've been doing a lot of music, but I don't read as much as I should. I just don't.
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That's the miracle of music. No one can reinterpret a Picasso, but a song can be remixed and covered and interpreted in an infinite number of ways. It's a living thing.
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It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.
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Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.
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As a music lover, I always adore when artists write about what's currently happening in their life. I find that the most interesting to listen to, just because I am extremely nosey.
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I didn't even think my music was good enough to get on the radio in Australia.
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My pure love is playing music.
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Because the casual music listeners are the ones who turn on the radio and they don't really care what's playing, they just know that they kinda like it or it's easy to drive to or it's easy to sing along to or whatever.
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I've always stood up for country music.
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What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.
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I wanted to do 'Oh Shenandoah' because that's the town I was born in - as a tribute to my mom and dad for giving me all this music. I don't really sing this as a singer, because I'm not a singer. But I wanted to do it for them.
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I can't write or read music. I am self-taught and never learned formally. It can be a curse sometimes but I think it's more difficult for those who need the music to read from than for those who play by ear.
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Personally, when I don't feel like working out, I put on my workout clothes and pump up some music. It's definitely my #1 inspiration.
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I wanted all the music to sound strong. It's all down to the restoration and mastering. In many ways I feel the work in general was never properly mastered in the first place. To me, making the music sound the way we wanted it was by far my biggest goal with the re-issues.
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It's hard to make music when you're not excited about it. So trying new things and going for new things is something that I can enjoy doing.
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A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director who knows little tricks - correct music, slowly pushing in - that stunning performance will somehow become even better. I've always seen it as a symbiotic relationship.
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I could draw up a list of about 30 artists who I apparently sound like. From Lady Gaga, to Katy Perry to Lana Del Rey. I don't know if it's because I'm versatile or because production affects how people judge music. I can't wait for a time I can just be classed as myself.
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I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head.
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My darlings, if I can't write dark, epic music, I can't live!
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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The truth is I want to make music that people enjoy.
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I try to write from a really honest place when I write pop music and carry the song into a more deep and more symbolic visual
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For me the best kind of film music is liturgical music. Liturgical music is essentially a million scores for the same film.
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When I started writing the music, I wanted everything to be consistent from the way I dressed to the way I presented myself online. I wanted everything to match what I was doing on stage.
