- 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
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came up with a lot of characters when I was growing up that were just creative outlets, and then, at one point, I came across Gus Dapperton in the back of my head when I was making music.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started making music, I was pretty drawn to hip-hop beats wrapped together with super-good lyrics. The most important thing in that is wordplay, so that stayed with me when I started writing songs.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up producing hip-hop music, actually. I was producing for my friends, who were all rappers in upstate New York, where I'm from. But in the eighth grade, we had this songwriting contest in our school, and I got really excited about it and actually won. After that, I just kept making music forever.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went through this kind of existential crisis. I was going through a breakup; I tore my ACL and my meniscus and had to have surgery, so I was out of school for a few months. Then my computer crashed, which was, like, my whole life. So when I came out of it, I started making music that, I think, was the most true to me.
- Inspired
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say that my music is surreal, it's inspired by dreams, and it's inspired by heartbreak.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to dress really warm when I'm making music. I want the air to be really cold so I can wear really big sweatshirts and jackets.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't listen to music when I ski - I find it distracting - but I will sing to myself before I go to just get my mind out of what I'm doing and relax a little bit.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In rare cases, I've had music before I shot the movie. I think that for 'Good Will Hunting' I had an Elliot Smith record or a couple of them and I just somehow felt like the sound had something to it that reminded me of the story. So in that case there was music beforehand.
- Say
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
- Meant To Be
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- Nov 07, 2020
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.
- Conducting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real art of conducting consists in transitions.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is one of the important things for me in cinema.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020