Music Quotes
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I think music is best left for the listener to experience for themselves. My own description of it is only based on my own history, my own musical references and perspective. I like to avoid coloring things for people too much.
Sarah Neufeld Arcade Fire
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I can't believe that I've written my best work yet. If I believed that, then I wouldn't bother releasing music anymore.
George Michael
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Live music is the cure for what ails ya.
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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Part of my big message with all this is that if you are alive, you know all you need to know about the message of classical music, because more than any other music, it is about the way life really is.
Michael Tilson Thomas
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I think the thing that is hard for a lot of bands is that there is a lot of free music out there.
Jason Wade
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If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be.
Hilary Mantel
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I am the greatest thing to happen to black music.
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace
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To me, music's something I can dance to or listen to. To write about it is always more of what the music represents, or what it reflects. Like an ideal song, to me, is a song that you can dance to, that summons up some darker and greater mystery.
Nick Tosches
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My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard on the radio. I'd change little things in the music and write different lyrics.
Esperanza Spalding
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Something had begun to emanate from Lila’s mobile body that the males sensed, an energy that dazed them, like the swelling sound of beauty arriving. The music had to stop before they returned to themselves.
Elena Ferrante
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We try and have the full range of emotion being expressed in our music.
Nick Hexum
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The music industry has always been a beast, which would eat you up and spit you out.
Annie Lennox Eurythmics
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It has been said with some meaning that if men would but rest in silence, they might always hear the music of the spheres.
Arthur Helps
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Life is a symphony, and the action of every person in this life is the playing of his particular part in the music.
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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When you're listening to music, you listen to it with a friend one day and it sounds one way. You listen to it with another friend the next day, and it sounds a little different. Sometimes the greatest pleasure of listening is not the music that you're listening to; it's the person that you're listening to it with.
Eyvind Kang
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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.
Bob Higgins
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To me, that's what music is: creating a mood, and taking the listener to the place that you're going.
Paul Rodgers Bad Company
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I saw this DJ playing music and saying things to the kids. They would answer him back, and I say, 'That's a great idea.'
Sylvia
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Well, I get excited about music.
Anthony Kiedis Red Hot Chili Peppers
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I like to be with my friends and my family, listen to music and read books. Things like that relax me.
Caroline Wozniacki
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I never wanted to be a movie star because it takes up too much of your time. I prefer the style of touring and making new music.
Engelbert Humperdinck
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites the spirit of revelation, of testimony.
Boyd K. Packer
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The music business will be revitalized by musicians, not the labels or Live Nation. When the musicians decide to put music first, instead of money, the public will flock to the fruits and the scene will be healthy again.
Bob Lefsetz
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When we get together to rehearse, we could write music together all day long - GOOD music.
Anthony Kiedis Red Hot Chili Peppers