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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
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
My aunt played upright bass in the Louisville Orchestra, and I was always really impressed by her musical ability. I found it really fascinating as a kid that one could play music for a living.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to college for, like, a year and a half with the intention of doing some kind of art therapy or some kind of teaching of art, because I feel like art is a more free area in school than music is. I feel like music is too mathematic for me. Music school's so hard. It's math.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just kind of a music junkie. Whatever I'm doing at the moment is my favorite.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother and dad loved music, were very much into music.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
We sang a lot of church music. We were very active Baptists. Supposedly, I started singing when I was being given a bath - at 14 months or something like that. My mother and dad both swore that was true, but I'm sure it wasn't very good... We always had the Metropolitan Opera on the radio on Saturday afternoons.
- Capabilities
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.
- Mine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess professionally it began when Hal Hartley used some music of mine in his film The Unbelievable Truth.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Frat House, at times I needed to make music that would reflect what these fraternity brothers might actually listen to, but still keep it within the realm of a score; it still had to lead the viewer through the scene, or just help create the mood.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I recorded Contra la Puerta, I never really thought out doing the material live. Mostly because I haven't really seen any electronic music performed live in an interesting way.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
For electronica music, David Linton has been doing this series called Unity Gain, which is pretty cool.
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- Nov 07, 2020