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- Nov 07, 2020
Music Quotes
Quotes on music and creative calling.
These quotes describe music as near-constant background for some, and as a true calling for others - one line simply states a feeling of being destined for it. A few discuss resisting one narrow sound in favor of exploring many styles. Related reading includes Funny Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music runs through everything I do - I even think musically; even when I was acting, but, especially, when I am directing. Directing is very musical.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started playing guitar when I was 6 or 7 years old, and I think that, within a week of getting my first guitar, I started writing music. I just love it.
- Learned
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've learned to sell my music, I've learned to direct, I've written screenplays... All of this fulfilled my artistic needs but also put food on the table.
- Clout
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- Nov 07, 2020
But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs the biggest, splashiest, loudest show-biz extravaganza of the year, honoring all this music for existing, after a year of paying barely any attention to it.
- Gang
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both of my books, 'Love Is a Mix Tape' and 'Talking to Girls About Duran Duran,' are about how music gets tangled up with all our other emotional memories. Since I'm an obsessive music fan, I'm always seeking out new sonic thrills.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Movies for adults sucked in the 1980s, and music for adults sucked even worse; whether we're talking about Kathleen Turner flicks or Sting albums, the decade's non-teen culture has no staying power at all.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest music era the world would ever see. But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded, beatbox disco soared, indie rock took off, and new wave invented a language of teen angst.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love people. I love being in a band. I love making music.
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
Metal fans are just as compassionate and caring and tolerant as any other form of music fans are.
- Nov 07, 2020
As far as putting a rating on music like you do movies, I can see the common sense in that.
- Heavy Metal
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a very empowering kind of music, heavy metal is.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020