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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.
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- Jazz
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- Nov 07, 2020
So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was the best teachers from the Czech Philharmonic, highly dedicated people, some of the best musicians in the world passing on the knowledge about the country, about the principles, and about the music.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What part of people is resistant to an artist doing more than one thing? Is it somehow perceived as greedy? Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things - to write, to play music, to paint, to cook.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love music; I love dancing. I took, like, eight years of ballet when I was a kid, and I still love dancing. There's been a couple of films where I was able to do some dance numbers, like 'Romy and Michelle' and 'Summer of Sam,' and I'm so happy when I get to do that.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to skate around the rink with my mom, and we used to race each other until I started getting way better. Then she hung up her skates and resorted to playing my music at the rink.
- Fame
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- Nov 07, 2020
My fame came from my success as a country music singer.
- Nov 07, 2020
Communists love to make films about composers because composers compose music and don't talk subversive things.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from this public world to one of private performance and electronic media.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020