- Life
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Simple
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's difficult, the synergy between Drake and our generation - my generation, anyway - in the sense that his music is vulnerable, he's very open, and you can connect to it. Like 'Started From The Bottom,' for instance. Not many people would have thought about that, even though it is a simple song.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.'
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends. We have pizza parties which means I get four friends round, we eat a pizza and we're really lazy and we play PlayStation.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is how I unwind. I love going to see bands or DJs at a festival or a dive bar. My taste is pretty diverse.
- Heavier
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love music which helps me get focused and keeps my thoughts away from other things. The music gets heavier as the race gets closer, and my warm up routine starts to get a bit more intense with heart rates, etc.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go to music festivals, and people want to talk to me about racism. I'm like, 'Bro, I'm trying to have fun!'
- Electric Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
The electric guitar and its players hold a place of privilege in the annals of rock music. It is the engine, the weapon, the ax of rock.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a country that was still racially segregated and prejudiced, music was among the first domains in which African-Americans thrived alongside whites.
- Elton
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, there were piano bands and great rock pianists, from Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard to Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, and Elton John. But something about the electric guitar speaks of more than music - it epitomizes and gives voice to the rebellion, power, and sexuality of rock.
- Emotion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through studies of music and the brain, we've learned to map out specific areas involved in emotion, timing, and perception - and production of sequences. They've told us how the brain deals with patterns and how it completes them when there's misinformation.
- Survival
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music has got to be useful for survival, or we would have gotten rid of it years ago.
- Chord
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because you've been exposed to Western tonal music, you know after a certain chord sequence what the next possibilities are. Your brain has compiled a statistical map of which ones are most likely and least likely. If the song keeps hitting the most likely notes, you'll get bored, and if it's always the least likely ones, you'll get irritated.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020