- Best
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn't read it until I was in my late 20s.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Italians have always had a high savings rate. They love putting their money into their own government bonds - even more than in houses, stocks and gold. The higher rates climb, the happier they are to invest. So if austerity plans drive rates up, it's music to Italian ears.
- Dedicate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty much living my dream job, but one day I would love to dedicate more time to writing and performing my own music.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm putting out this free music, constantly putting it out.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.
- Beginning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020