Music Quotes
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I think that music has always been restricted to media. The LP is an antiquated form, and the CD is now an antiquated form, and there's no sense grieving. Music is forever, there will always be songs. It's exciting that we're not limited to the media any more. I don't hold a precious view of my work, that it exists outside of social constructs or the confines of a platform.
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I'm a Scandinavian Midwest girl who doesn't always know what's going on in herself emotionally, which is why I make music in order to figure it out.
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A Tribe Called Quest music was so inclusive, so conscious, it brought such a community together.
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I gave up my music because I had received from it all I had to receive. To serve God one must sacrifice the dearest thing, and I sacrificed my music, the dearest thing to me.
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I don't want to get rich. I just want to play my music for the people.
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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to human welfare.
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I like to read books. I like to listen to music.
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Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.
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The world changes when there's music in it.
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The music is not part of this planet in a sense that the spirit of it is about happiness. Most musicians play earth things about what they know, but I found out that they are mostly unhappy and frustrated, and that creeps over into their music.
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Because I cannot sleep i make music in the night
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I feel 'Britannia High' is aimed at an older audience than 'High School Musical.' 'Britannia High' is more of a serious drama, with the music and dance on top.
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I first got into music when I heard punk, and it was saying maybe it's OK if you don't live up to the expectations various authorities have for you.
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It's up to the people. If they really want to keep it going, they'll keep it going... they'll appreciate the music.
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I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz.
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I'm in a band, and we play music. And that's sort of my way of still being a rock star.
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The industry will push you around and tug at you. They’ll tell you what you should do and who you should sound like. The truth is the music industry needs you. You are the artist. You create a story out of thin air. That is a gift. Keep it close and keep it flexible. Use it everyday.
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Music is our myth of the inner life.
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Ivan said, If only we could eat violin music.
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It might be helping to explore a story visually by going to see a museum exhibit that's relevant to something that somebody's reading, or going to see a show or listening to a piece of music or cooking a meal that's in one of the stories, something practical, something kinesthetic that draws the reader in and helps them to experience the story for themselves. Those are all ways I think we can kind of come in the back door and help kids find the joy, as opposed to the chore or responsibility, of reading.
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If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
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The function of music is to release us from the boredom of existence.
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I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create.
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The heaven had cried out for joy, and the earth had answered, and between the two the smell of the gorse rose up like ascending prayer and linked them together. Music and scent were alive once more in the world; only color tarried, waiting upon the sun.
