- Me
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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
- Fading
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Plantation gospel music was the stuff I fell in love with when I was a kid - these beautiful melodies and these hard, hard stories.
- Quit
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm amazed by the ground that I covered. The music's the number-one thing. And if it isn't, you better quit now.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I met a zillion people through Ronnie Wood. He's been my friend since he was in The Faces, and he's still my best friend. A real person, earthy, working 24 hours a day, uplifting to be around, and he's still got that fire about music.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got to be honest: I don't listen to any music now. I don't even listen to mine! I like to walk fresh into the studio and have ideas that come straight out of me.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom played the recorder. But not having electricity, we had minimal exposure to music. As I got a little older, we had Walkmans and things that were battery-powered, but it would have been nice to be growing up in the iPod era. A tape only has six songs on a side.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very bad with music. I don't know any new music. I've listened to the same 10 or 12 albums my whole life.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm such a lover of music that it would be very hard for me to pinpoint it to a particular artist.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020