- Learning
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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.
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really look up to Will Smith. He's internationally known, and people know him from everything. I don't know any kid who hasn't seen and liked Fresh Prince, or you'll like one of his movies or his music. He's perfect, and he's done everything. That's my dream: to be internationally known.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Am I R&B because I'm black? Am I pop because I have a song called 'Milkshake'? Or can I just be who the hell I am? Good Lord, people make it seem like we're doing heart transplants here, but we're just making music!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a point where you think, 'What else will I do if I don't do music?' It becomes your identity when it never should have been. But food ignited a fire in me, and I came right back to music because it no longer felt like a job. It was a really powerful thing for me.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone's attention span is getting shorter. As a result, everything - films, music, art - gets watered down and dumber. Every now and again, you get something great, but not often.
- Smoke
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- Nov 07, 2020
The music industry is a world of smoke and mirrors: they tell you exactly what they think you want to hear. And they are bare-faced lying. I tend to stay away from that.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything I do has a certain quality, a certain flair, a certain flavor. I like to eat the way I like to dress, the way I listen to music: put it all together, and it's a great party.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my life, looking at other women who have been pregnant while writing, I always feel like it's kind of their most musical or the closest to themselves. I think for me it's such a validating moment, you know. I always knew I wanted to have kids, and I've been making music all my life.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music always turns into music. As soon as I play a key, push a key down, there's no theory any more. When I go and I hear a sound on the keyboard, all theories go out the window.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good music comes out of people playing together, knowing what they want to do and going for it. You have to sweat over it and bug it to death. You can't do it by pushing buttons and watching a TV screen.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020