Music Quotes
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There is nothing better than music as a means for upliftment of the soul.
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It's getting to the point where, to be honest with you, even though there is a lot of great music around, especially in clubland, certainly from my corner of something I just felt like I needed to get my hands dirty and DJ out.
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Music has touched me deeply, sometimes to tears. But at the same time it's been life-affirming, because I've been grateful for the fact that I'm alive and human and capable of being so moved.
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I've always got songs ready to go. It's not a challenge to conjure anything, it's just whether the music I supply is desirable.
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I like alternative music, so I like to hear new bands.
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I love patchwork quilts. But not in music.
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There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women.
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You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.
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We plan to be a significant player in the online music retail arena. The online music business has proven to be viable, with analysts predicting steady growth. We are in an enviable position to capture market share due to our ability to leverage the established brands and built-in customer base of Trans World 's retail stores.
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A whole generation of veteran composers has never taken a stand or provided an example and has produced in the music academies generations of docile workers for the music industry. What can you expect from downtrodden workers who see music as a type of profession, like stenography, and not an act of creation that by its nature is subversive?
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Music is the language of the soul; and for two people of different nations or races to unite, there is no better means than music...
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Music is a creative endeavor so I feel the business around it should be creative, too. One size doesn't have to fit all.
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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
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There's music for when you're sad or happy or in love; there's music for every moment in life.
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You have to follow your instinct, and that's what I've tried to do all my life, whether in music or anything.
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My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
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Think of aerobics plus weight lifting minus the music or camaraderie. Combine unalloyed endurance with straightforward strength and demand poise, timing, and practiced form as well. Think of pure pain: that's the ergometer.
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The moon gives you light, and the bugles and the drums give you music, and my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans, my heart gives you love.
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When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.
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I loved being in the studio, writing songs and playing instruments, so it was like ‘There must be other ways to make a living in music.’”
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Music is the most important thing. I'm thinking of my future. There has to be something new, and I want to be part of it. I want to lead an orchestra with excellent musicians. I want to play music which draws pictures of the world and its space
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You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.
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Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.
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I can't sight-read classical etudes - I would have to see it and learn it. But yeah, I can read. It is a wonderful tool. It's like speaking another language. Anyone that says reading music can hurt your playing is either stupid, lazy, or ignorant.
