- Faith
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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
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's really cool to embrace the pain of something that may have hurt you and be able to express it through music.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Real music to me is real; it's what you feel.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
My feet always danced to Irish traditional music, but I was very glad to get out of the North of Ireland in the mid-Seventies when it was really closed and tight and relentlessly unforgiving.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear, or won't come for this reason.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
As for the symphonic activities... when I was a student at the Eastman School of Music, I became exposed to a lot more musical forms, elements, opportunities, and I fell in love with strings and their uses.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and by talking to them.
- Nov 07, 2020