- Harmony
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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
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, for me, a way to really come up with new ideas and come up with new ways of writing music is to create a unique sound palette or soundscape for all the films I'm working on.
- Grail
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd say for a film composer, 'Star Wars' is kind of like the holy grail of film music. It's probably the best film music ever written.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Needless to say, when I work on a film, it's mostly just me alone in my room just waiting to present the music to the director - and either he likes it or not.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any time I get a chance to work with artists that make me inspired and learn new stuff about music - every chance I get, I'll take.
- Now And Then
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every now and then, as a composer and producer, it's important to write music for yourself.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I was listening to a lot of Metallica, a lot of instrumental guitar music because I started out as a guitar player.
- Voice
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you make modern rap music, how do you write without ripping off anyone else? It's just about having a distinct voice in your songs.
- Perception
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't really ever seen a big budget Hollywood film with African music. Most of the time, it's just Hollywood's perception of what African music is.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always trying to experiment and come up with new palettes of sound and new combinations of music that you haven't really seen or heard in film before.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was drawn to West Africa. I did listen to a bunch of different styles of African music, and there was something about the percussion and the drums of West Africa, and the energy, that felt so cinematic to me.
- Challenges
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- Nov 07, 2020
So much music in Africa was created for specific moments, written for rituals or for a funeral or for challenges, thousands of years ago, and these rhythms are still used.
- Africa
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- Nov 07, 2020
I traveled to a library in South Africa called ILAM (International Library of African Music), which has a collection of about 500 different instruments that don't really exist anymore.
- Ocean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to work with Frank Ocean. I really like his music.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think to try to make new music and new ideas, you have to push the boundaries of existing music.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think with everything I do, I'm trying to just come up with new ways of creating music and mixing styles together. That's just what's fun for me to do, to try to make myself inspired.
- New Things
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- Nov 07, 2020