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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
- Inspirational
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- Nov 07, 2020
The MTC is known for singing music by great master composers, hymns, American music, Broadway numbers, popular songs, and inspirational music. If the audience doesn't like one genre, they need only wait for the next number.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of the music that we've done over the years, the things that are the most requested are the hymns. And folk music is also high on the list.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great folk hymns are a perfect marriage of text and tune. There are those that have nice messages and some with good music, but it is such a bonus when they are both wonderful.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the beginning, music has been the chosen way to express feelings that words alone can't.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
We always try to do something for everyone. Some want only hymns; some want music of the masters; some like popular favorites.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a relationship between music and spirituality and inspiration and to a certain extent improvisation that draws me in, because I don't totally understand it. I know that those relationships have been telling me, since I started making records, where to go. What to write down.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to make people dance, I want to make people smile, and I want my music to get played in clubs.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020