Music Quotes
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Music has been a shaping force... music has been there to guide the development of human nature.
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The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within, but that is no sign that he approves the carnal husk or enjoys gnawing through it.
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To me music is the centre of the universe and the voice of the spirits and the voice of God and the voice of all the people who have lived and died...At least the ones I'm connected to.
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I think what we do is really, at times, a complicated thing. But at the end of the day it's so important that we make art for people that need to escape reality for a second. That's what music has always been for me. It's been a way to tap out of what's going on in my personal life.
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I started writing music in a French way: more focused on lyrics than melody.
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I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American.
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Music has more rules than math or magic and it's twice as dangerous as both or either.
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Bringing people together is one of my favorite things... I believed that's what a rock 'n' roll Jesus would really do - bring people together through music.
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I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss.
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If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.
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One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I'm not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years.
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Though music was not in my blood, I always considered myself belonging to music, and that remained with me throughout my studies. The studies were my parents' wish, which I fully complied with, as one must be educated at the highest possible level.
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We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society.
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If I want to be moved by the track, I don't want it to be sequenced, I want it to be somebody playing the guitar or piano or a horn arrangement where you can hear the breath. You can almost smell the studio while listening to the music. For me, that's what moves me emotionally, that's what I came from. I think that's always going to work best for me.
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God gave us music, so we play with our words.
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You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.
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Words and ideas can change or influence the mind just like music can - yes, like a spell. Regarding the effect of my "spells" I think it varies; my music communicates with some, and I think it has had a positive influence on the minds of those who like it. I hope it helped them see the world from a different perspective.
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I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music.
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I have to be able to have music at all times - to shower to, to listen to, to warm up, to dance.
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Most days I only go out to the post office or to get some food. Otherwise I work on my art or music. I check out the news, and generally spend a lot of time on Tumblr or Facebook or whatever.
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I've always been a fan of music where you can hear new things each time you listen.
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Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves -which is the same thing nowadays.
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Nothing means more to me than making the best music and me getting better as a writer and producer... I want you to know I work really hard. The bar is really high.
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If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.
