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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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- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American Jewish music.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
This American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have absorbed my life now. I am ready for my music to unfold. I know time flies, but before the end of this year, the album will be out. Even if it kills me.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I would have made 'Blank Project; if I hadn't made 'Cherry Thing.' I think that was a real rebirth in a way, and a remembrance of how I like to make music best, the most. Like being in a more chaotic place, maybe. Like a place of making and being creative where the mistakes can be left in.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been able to relate to many people. I've always been the outcast child. I don't follow the rules. That's kind of how I do everything. Through my music, I've found a place in the world where I'm accepted, so I'm happy.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure I know how to make music anymore. Maybe you're given a window into things for a time, and beyond that maybe it goes away. Why should you expect it to stay?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have become the metier of choice for many people who might otherwise channel that energy into books, music or art - or even into their own Web ventures.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there are just a million interviews in anthologies with famous musicians that are about the music, and they're really boring to read.
- Industry
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- Nov 07, 2020
They've pursued their own agendas, and they've done what they've wanted to do and not pursued traditional careers in the music industry. They've followed their own instincts, and they are in many ways maverick performers.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
We shouldn't feel restricted by our sexuality, and our sexuality doesn't have to be a cultural choice. That's an amazing variety of music within those five main performers.
- Nov 07, 2020
We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020