- 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
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been a while since I checked in with Malcolm Gladwell's 'Revisionist History' podcast. The episode 'The King of Tears' suggests the author is raising the bar. His argument is that country music is the genre that makes us cry because, unlike rock, it's not afraid of specifics.
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020
The podcast 'A History of Jazz' began telling its story in February - 100 years after the recording of 'Livery Stable Blues' by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the start of jazz as a legitimate branch of music.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
John Lydon must be more famous for his efforts on behalf of dairy products than his music.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm totally not a nostalgic person. I always look to the future and as much as I've enjoyed the ride until now and the different phases, I'm more excited about the next music.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
So dance music is now pop music. So now, as a dance producer, what do I have to do? So I'm starting to do alien music, because pop is not pop anymore; we need to go alien to be independent.
- Laptop
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- Nov 07, 2020
My studio is a laptop. Everybody I work with is the same. We make computer music, we're the laptop generation.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have studios in the different places where I live - in Ibiza, Paris and London - but they're not crazy studios, they're just rooms with good monitors, and all I do is plug my laptop in. It's a different way to make music, but for me, I love it, because it's more connected to the world.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I had to play only for people who liked the music because they heard it on the radio, it wouldn't make me happy. That's why I'm working so hard to have, yes, a profile as an artist, but also a profile as a DJ.
- Nov 07, 2020
All the big artists I talk to say that they are trapped in a formula and they are looking for the music of tomorrow.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am trying to walk a tightrope; trying to keep the DJ community happy while trying to spread the message about dance music to more people. That is the mission that I am on.
- Reality
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- Nov 07, 2020