- 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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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a dream, as young people have quite idealistic dreams and goals, of, 'I'm going to go to Los Angeles, and I'm going to become a star!' I did get this huge record deal, and I recorded this music under Xavier. That didn't really work out.
- Confines
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I decided was I'd be happier not being in the confines of a corporate infrastructure producing music. That's when I was free, and it opened up the door to have a different personality and incarnations. That's really when I had success in my music life. I was able to license my music.
- Hip-Hop
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised on African music, Harry Belafonte, and the Boston Pops. Then I got a dose of soul and hip-hop. I related to it immediately.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really an inner spirit that only makes itself known through the music. A lot of people think I'm an introvert, or quiet and moody. I've even heard some people say that there's a certain mystery or darkness about me. I'm not that way. I'm just really into what I do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
- Nov 07, 2020
Shania Twain brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.
- Nov 07, 2020
My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they're with you, they're with you for life.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't realize that everyone was so attracted to my hair. I thought, well what about my music?
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is a form of experience of the person, the place, the history of the people, and as black people, we are different. We hail from Africa to America, so the culture is mixed, from the African to the American. We can't drop that. It's reflected in the music, the dance, the poetry, and the art.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot of people who enjoy rap music who aren't black. You can't just say it's black music. To segregate films the way Hollywood likes to segregate films, ultimately everyone loses.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Dick Smith there, and the words of Peter Shaffer... they've got to be the most beautiful descriptions in music ever written on film or in literature. And we could hear the music accompanying the words... What more can you ask for?
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020