- Mother
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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
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just love making music, and that's my focus.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never particularly academic, so it was no great surprise when I failed my 11-plus and consequently went to Wibsey Secondary Modern. I did all right in English, history and music, which were the subjects that most interested me.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to a movie or listening to music, other than my mother's singing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those 'Pledge' records did good for me, and they're the foundation that this Killer Mike is built on, but I was judging myself on physical sales and didn't understand that music sales were declining overall.
- Dungeon
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made classic records, and going into making 'R.A.P. Music,' I was determined to top the entire legacy of the 'Pledge' series, and the fact that I won a Grammy, and the fact that I was associated with OutKast, and the fact that I'm a Dungeon Family member.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's more American than young people speaking their mind over things they had to create over pots and pans and electronically because music was taken out of schools? What's more American than making something out of nothing? What's more gospel than rap music?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I accomplish one thing and I'm satisfied, I try something else. I may be 50 and doing something totally outside of music and acting. Maybe I'll become a kindergarten teacher.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Just What I Am' took me all of 10 minutes to make. 'Immortal' maybe took 30 minutes. It's not hard for me. 'Indicud' is almost what my first album should have sounded like, had I really been able to channel all of the ideas I had into music.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people just don't want to see change, but thankfully there are a lot of people more optimistic for something new in music, even with the bigger picture like with Obama getting elected.
- Nov 07, 2020
And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020