- 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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first got into string-band music I felt like such an interloper. It was like I was sneaking into this music that wasn't my own... I constantly felt the awkwardness of being the raisin in the oatmeal.
- Banjo
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting into the banjo and discovering that it was an African-American instrument, it totally turned on its head my idea of American music - and then, through that, American history.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided to study music my last year in high school.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're not here as a black band playing white string band music. You know, we play stuff in the Appalachians, we play stuff in the white community, but we really highlight the black community's music.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really got into Gaelic music and the whole sound of it, and I got to go to Scotland.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I do Gaelic music, I've learned about Gaelic culture; I've tried to learn the language. Whenever I do mouth music and there's Gaelic speakers in the audience, and they come up and go, 'Good job,' I'm always like, 'Phew.'
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not about me, it's about the music. I don't do this because I want to be a star. I don't do this because I want to make a lot of money.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so interested in the feminism of women in American music. These ladies, going out on the road, way before the opportunities and advantages that I have - it was absolutely rough out there. The fact that they were still able to get their art out there and do what they're doing is really impressive to me.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
People seem ready for a more in-depth idea of folk music, culture and history.
- Banjo
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really funny how I've come round to classical music around the back door with my banjo in my hand, and I love it.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't be out here touring constantly if I didn't hope that my music was going to do something to somebody.
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- Nov 07, 2020