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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
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a very spiritual guy when it comes to music. I remember hearing Carlos Santana say that angels helped him write his songs. And I thought, 'Really, angels?'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin' the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin' the blues myself, but I'm writing them for other people who have a hard life.
- Domino
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and Fats Domino are the classics, they're the best songs ever.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know it might be surprising to some, but anyone who knows me - especially those who shared a changing room with me in my playing days who first told me I could sing - will tell you what a big fan I am of big band music.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy trying to inspire myself. I enjoy the artistic side of everything. Music, art, fashion, everything. I just like to be on the cutting edge of it. I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is huge on music, so he always made tapes from his friends. That's how I got into music.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
All along, I did what I was comfortable doing, which was to play the music I enjoyed and try to stretch the parameters a bit. Country and bluegrass and folk were my foundation.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, music shouldn't be ego-driven. When you go out on stage and play songs, it is. But when you're sitting in a room, writing songs, it's a completely different process. It's a completely different place. It's a creative place, a musical place. It has nothing to do with who likes what.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone away.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The focus on my wife and my children, it really helps me make sense of the music side of it somehow.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
To a degree, rock fans like to live vicariously and they like that, music fans in general, but when indie music sort of came into prominence in the early '90s, a lot of it was TV-driven, too, where if you saw the first Nirvana video, you're looking at three guys that look like people you go to school with.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020