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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.
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is the reason I'm doing movies; I do credit that. But acting is an escape route for me.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can take all the negative energy and turn it into a positive simply by purging my soul through music. That's how powerful music can be.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My fans saw 'Roll Bounce,' but also that older crowd who might not have been familiar with me on the music tip saw 'Roll Bounce' and loved it. 'Roll Bounce' opened up that door for me to have older people love Bow Wow and opened up that door so all of the kids would love Bow Wow. My fan base is really diverse; it's all ages and all colors.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing like living a long time to create a depth and soulfulness in your music.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them.
- Great Songs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting - but I love playing other people's music.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 3 A.M., I'm still up watching videos of jazz heroes I never saw live. It's so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I'm thrilled by the potential.
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- Nov 07, 2020