- 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
- Art Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gerry Dow - he's like a fourth member. He lives in Sweden; his art work is more important than... it's just as important as the music and the stage show.
- Destroy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm in the studio, I'm very cautious about it because if there's one thing that can destroy music being made, it's any sort of agenda, expectation and/or schedule, or any of that.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I've gone in to create music and felt free and felt like I was actually creating something, it's turned out something I'm really proud of, so I try to keep that as a tradition.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to the rest of the world. I mean, American jazz, for me, is the best thing culturally that America has produced.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop for the past 10 years. It's the way we advertise our music to the public for free.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If young people can't come to the game without music, then they should stay home.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz infers a style, but creative music has a wider field and wider specification about it. We know it from people like Scott Joplin and on through Bessie Smith.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020