- 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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music has always been my first love, and I appreciate how a great musician can bring awareness to tough issues through their work.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My earliest memories of defying my parents were through music. I remember rap being banned in my house, and then getting a Cam'ron album.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know which was the first love - music or fashion.
- Greed
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my shows, I always try to incorporate music because it's the most natural way to set a tone. So if I want to do a show about depression, I use the opera. If I want to do a show about greed, I use spoken word. If I want to do a show about the injustice that's taking place in the world, I might play Sam Cooke.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were always around music and we were lucky to be in the right place at the right time, knowing the right friends.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ‘80s don't seem to have gone away. Most weekends in the summer we're off doing a festival in front of 10,000 or 15,000 people with a load of other ‘80s acts. It was just such a great era for music, for individuals and characters. It just had a spirit.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're best at doing pop music - we're not good at doing down, depressing music.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want people to enjoy our music.
- Nov 07, 2020
Pop music is a constant reminder of what you were doing at the time, it holds all sorts of memories.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest with my music... for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are musicians who want to make a living making music. There are listeners who want to listen to music. Complicating this relationship is a whole bunch of history: some of the music I want to listen to was made a while ago in a different economy. Some of the models of making a living making music are no longer valid but persist.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Pandora doesn't pay, and bars don't pay, and weddings don't pay, and nobody buys CDs or shirts or concert tickets or lessons, then the musician can't make a living making music.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sheet music, recording, radio, television, cassettes, CD burners, and file sharing have all invalidated, to some extent, the old model of making a living making music.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy bluegrass, folk, gospel, and classical. I don't listen to music when I write. I sometimes listen to music just before I sit down to write.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020