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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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- Mathematics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the pressure is getting to you, whistle. In a barely audible way. It's the best way I know of to let go of tension. Music gets your mind off the situation, and the act of whistling melts the tension out of your body.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are Korean, so obviously they call our music K-pop. But we never thought of our music as K-pop. Our music is just our music.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be better to be recognized first for music, but people go with what they like. If I'm here because I'm recognized more so as a style icon, then, if I'm smart enough, I will use this opportunity to share more insight about my music.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
We make our own music, and the songs appeal to the public well, and the public likes them.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a musician myself, I wouldn't be confident if I received some other composers' song, because I choose to express myself through the music that I make.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just listened to regular commercial music from Korea. I would just follow the choreographed dance routines. I didn't have any ambitions of pursuing rapping. I liked dancing, so I did that.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I occasionally rapped along to some homegrown Korean rap. And then a friend introduced me to Wu-Tang and played me 'Enter the 36th Chambers.' It was very shocking. And then I started to look for different albums. This was pre-Internet, so it's hard to find the music, and it was even harder to find music videos.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't trying to be famous when I started making music. I mean, that wasn't the first thing I wanted.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Korean people, including me, want to go faster and faster - in music, in fashion, in art, too.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We always focus on the quality of music because as long as the content is good, then the interest will be there.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it's music or fashion, the older I get, I realize what's comfortable lasts longer.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I don't look cool enough or when I cannot make good music anymore, I will retire.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I create a song, I immediately think about what I'm going to wear when I perform that song. I think about the music video treatment and about how I'm going to look on stage when I perform the record. The connection is so obvious that it's a single package. An outfit, to me, is almost a tool to express the music.
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- Nov 07, 2020