- Attitude
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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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- Nov 07, 2020
I just wanted to say one more thing: I also think that when you go to play music, you're there to play music.
- Good Band
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that generally music should be a positive thing, I like Bob Marley's attitude: he said that his goal in life was to single handedly fight all the evil in the world with nothing but music, and when he went to a place he didn't go to play, he went to conquer.
- Grateful Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I remember hearing was just the dance music that was in the charts when I was growing up. I don't remember many of the names of specific tracks - they were just kind of early acid house things.
- Nov 07, 2020
Writing music - particularly music without lyrics - calls almost exclusively on the subconscious.
- Regret
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was guided into piano lessons and 'guided' is a nice way of saying 'forced.' I don't regret it, but I think music theory as a concept doesn't work.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm more akin to things like Sigur Ros, Mogwai, possibly. But when I'm making solo electronic music, techno stuff is just the most exciting form of rhythm.
- Nov 07, 2020
Your music essentially reflects everything you do, everything you've been through, in the deepest part of you.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great to do something that makes your brain just switch to a different mode, and music can do that really powerfully.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to listen to podcasts while running. I don't like to listen to music because my brain would try to get me to run in time with it.
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- Nov 07, 2020