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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 want to get to that point where I'm able to fully create music that's good lyrically and quality-wise as far as the way it's knocking and everything.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music can help you through any kind of emotion. It can help you through a break-up, make you dance, or help you realize or understand something about yourself... and if I can sing a song and make someone feel those things then I will feel like I have made a difference.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that, initially, I was most passionate about music and particularly about playing the piano. I started playing when I was nine, and I was obsessed with it, really. I wouldn't even go spend the night at a friend's unless they had a piano. But I didn't have the chops, the extraordinary talent to be able to play the piano professionally.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think music videos in particular and film in general - it's really good at communicating tone and feeling.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people draw a line between music videos and short films, looking down on music videos as a format, but there's so much potential in music videos.
- Nov 07, 2020
I usually work in music videos, where we shoot, like, 10 to 12 setups and 60 shots or something.
- Driving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it's a TV show or a music video, the seed of the idea is what's driving my decisions, not the format or the outcome.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Regularly in music videos, I'll write the pitch and convince the artists that this is a good idea, and then I'm having to make concessions to meet in the middle.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've loved music all my life.
- Difficult Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most difficult thing about music videos is that a lot of young filmmakers come into the medium, and they have so many different ideas, but they need to understand what the musician wants.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fast cutting, loud music, blood spewing everywhere, and gunshots permeating the scenes does not necessarily make for a shocking movie.
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- Nov 07, 2020