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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
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are days when I'm completely obsessed with Kate Bush, and there are days when I'm completely obsessed with the Eurythmics. Then it's Aretha Franklin, then it's Lena Horne, then it's Ella Fitzgerald, then it's John Legend, then it's Michael Jackson. Music, to me, is like food, so I feel like whatever I need that day, I can get from a song.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I just liked the sound of different accents, and I used to just play around to see if I could do things. I hear accents like music, so that's what helps me to learn them.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I'm making music for now is more similar to what I was doing in the beginning. In those days it was all about doing music so when people heard it in a club it would take their minds of their worries. I got more artistic but now I've gone back to basics.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were awesome to me at all different points - but one thing that I really disagreed with him on was when he said that what I do, pop music, is a disposable art form.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My music is about a joyful experience. I've learned that if you can affect other people, you should.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think mp3s are great if you are unknown and trying to get started. It's a good way to get your music out and about. But for those who are established, it's not good at all.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was like a hermit; I didn't really have a lot of homies I would kick it with. I was in high school, I was failing all my classes, and I wanted to make music.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents took me to Sam Ash, and I got a pretty cheap setup - a MIDI keyboard and one of those cheaper mixers - but it was dope, though; it was something. That was kind of how it was: just going to school, skating back home, making music, telling my parents I did my homework.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the only child of immigrant parents, you know? So all the pressure is just kind of on me: You have to make it. And I was like, 'Well, let me make it in music.' They were like, 'Nah, you gotta go to school.'
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was, like, 16, I had, like, my first, like, bit of software and stuff. So then I started, like, making music and all that.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents love what I'm doing. Like, at first, they were so skeptical, dude. Like, I would be ditching school and, like, do music. And I'd be telling my parents I'd be in class.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am completely done with music.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I entertain more than just sayin', 'oh that's a female rapper,' or 'oh, that's a rapper,' period.' But, me, I put out music, and when I put it out, I also entertain on Twitter. I entertain on stage. I entertain talking to people.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually grew up listening to music as like - church music and stuff like that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think everything that played a part in my life growing up is in my music. Being homeless, living in shelters, dealing with over-aged, older men that hit on me... all that is in the music.
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've influenced other artists, and when younger generations become fans of those artists and hear about us, they discover our music too.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that albums generally tell a story. Because it's music, it doesn't have to be in chronological order.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020