- Me
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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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- Want
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not too bothered about what category my music goes in and there's no point in limiting in who you can reach, but I want it to be respected.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ended up turning down a full scholarship of music at the conservatory to pay to go to cooking school.
- Laughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.
- Curiosity
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- Nov 07, 2020
And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mention Hubert Sumlin, as well, because Hubert's a great man, and again, you know, I don't play the guitar very good, but when I'm playing this kind of music, I always have him in my mind. I wish I could play like Hubert.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
- Connected
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I was ever particularly mean. I can certainly think of some idiotic exchanges I've had. I was accused of destroying pop music, like Wagner destroyed opera - a guy in Germany started ranting that at me.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music comes from. And romantic poetry. And bad novels.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020