- 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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- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
The course hitherto pursued in musical aesthetics has nearly always been hampered by the false assumption that the object was not so much to inquire into what is beautiful in music as to describe the feelings which music awakens.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.
- Creative Outlet
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself.
- My Soul
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
To sing is to bring to life; impossible if the words are mediocre, however good the music.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my father, who was a bass player. And he loved music, you know, as much as anybody I've ever seen. And that dynamic I just thought as somehow was a straight pass to me.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020