Music Quotes
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That was the impetus for me to do music or art, because I knew if I didn't try when I was young, then I would get to be in my 40's and I'd be really unhappy that I hadn't.
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I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to music. I like studio gear. I'm always looking it up on eBay and seeing what I can afford.
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I've been very happy to see some of the success that I've had along the way in opening the eyes of people, especially people who listen to music.
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Those with prodigious skill in music are better suited for all things.
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Making music you can dance to is very important to me. I grew up in a family where, when we listened to music everybody would dance, so for me that’s a very natural thing to do.
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I was fortunate enough to take classes with Mel Powell at Yale University as well as a semester with Sam Adler at the Eastman School of Music. From Mel I learned to appreciate improvisatory ingenuity and from Sam rhythmic athleticism.
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I do play the guitar, but I do it for fun. And I am terrible at writing music as well. I have tried and failed, horribly.
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Music is a tool. Lighting is a tool. Power point is a tool. Getting those things right is not the goal. God is the goal. Those are just tools. And we can real easily turn into worshippers of all the tools, rather than remembering that this is simply a tool to get the job done which is to help connect people with God and to help inspire people.
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I have to go places beyond music.
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Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.
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Country's hip; it's cool music.
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I know the music industry is based on a lot of smoke and mirrors in a lot of cases, such as making things look like one thing versus what it actually is. I feel like I've been here long enough that I've surpassed the need for any of that.
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But I'm really into old music - bluesy, soulful singers, like Etta James, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin. I wouldn't have minded being born in the 1960s!
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I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.
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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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I've become this voice for a millennial generation of feminism, which is awesome, but at the same time it's complicated. We all know I'm a girl, I'm a woman, but it's difficult to figure out how to talk about it and express how important it is without beating it with a hammer and having it be, "So you're a girl in music! So you're a girl in music!" Yes, I'm a girl in music - can we just talk about something else?
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There is music in all things, if men had ears.
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My medium is music, but my goal is to motivate people to dream.
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Most of my read on America is through looking through the front windshield of a bus and hanging out with country music fans backstage.
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My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.
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My photography changed from being more documentary-like to arranging things more, and that came into being partly because I started doing music videos, and I incorporated some things from the music videos into my photography again, by arranging things more.
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I've always had a profound conviction that great music is about joy, even in the face of tragedy.
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Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being.
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The music is what sustains the player from beginning to end. That’s where you get your life from. That’s why you play jazz.
