- Eyes
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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
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
- Art College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I've been so involved in my job of writing songs that the more actively involved part became channeled into standing on the stage and saying things that way.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it's about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a place that's frightening because I haven't been there before.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a first - I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is from Iran. They met at music school in Belgium. I grew up as a pianist. I was really interested in piano and sort of discovered that I was a writer when I was about 13 and started writing.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I’ve made storylines through dance to complement the music. It’s all about enhancing the singing and acting. It’s been an amazing learning curve for me.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sister loves to play Christmas music - especially Mariah Carey’s 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' - that’s definitely the best to dance to.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy listening to contemporary rock on the college stations while I'm taking long walks, love gospel and soul music, am fascinated by hip-hop and rap as the new kind of urban 'beat' poetry and, come to think of it, find something interesting about just any kind of music.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music infuses your spirit with a certain energy that I try to convey in my work.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020