- Guitar
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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
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I'm not happy doing.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music really does make you feel better.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The limitations and parameters of a band is something I've always enjoyed: so many creative people coming together and raising the music to places we'd never get on our own.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a lot of ways, the Nocturnals are a safety net and a beautiful, beautiful blanket. All the life and music we've woven makes it so much more than a name on a marquee. But I realized the Nocturnals aren't me but a part of me... so it's natural to want to grow.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad turned me onto Led Zeppelin, the Stones, and the Who, but Madonna and pop music came from my mom.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dr. Dog is good summer music.
- Move
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music needs to move forward.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The longevity of a band is really contingent on loving the people that you're making music with and being able to get along in the long run. It's just like being married, except you're married to more than one person!
- See
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can do any number of things in the music business aside from trying to look like you're 25. To me it's embarrassing.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020