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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
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy practicing law too much to even contemplate retiring, but I often think about engaging in serious study of the history of art, of the intricacies of classical music. I could write a fugue, or perhaps learn to play the cello.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 1950s in the United States, few music lovers were listening to chamber music. Daddy played Bach and Haydn on our phonograph for me. Not only did I become familiar with the form; he discussed the concerti. My own head start. My own Head Start.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most experiences are either sensual or intellectual. Chamber music, played by a small group so the listener can follow what each player is doing, is both.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they play.
- Emotion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Composers most identified with the chamber music form are Corelli, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and, of course, Bach. Of course, Bach. If there is any one composer who gives us reason and emotion, it is Bach.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to feel that I wouldn't be able to marry, since I am not a responsible person. I love two things - my work and music.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Novelists get to say plenty in their massive tomes; rock singers only get four-minute songs with two verses and a chorus' worth of lyrics, and so there's a real pleasure in accessing the intelligence behind the music, even if it doesn't qualify as 'great literature.'
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even the greatest musicians, they only represent themselves. You represent who you are and what your experiences are and what you have in your heart, and it's the same for me. I represent who I am and what I've been through and what I'm bringing to the music.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020