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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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- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the residents of Minneapolis, the loss of Prince is too large to describe. His music brought untold joy to people all over the world. But in Minneapolis, it is different. It is harder here.
- Women
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women's music is underrepresented.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process: I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're thinking about printing the lyrics with the next record so that people can find their own meaning in them. But then they would start having a life of their own, and I think the Portishead music should stay a whole in which the lyrics come second, actually.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, the songs that really affected me were not from the artist catalogue of their music, like the song 'Thunder Road' by Bruce Springsteen. I never got into any of his other music, but that song, to this day, is in my top three lyrical masterpieces of all time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, I hated home, and I just wanted so much to learn or do something that could take me away and keep me away forever. And then I got blessed to get to make music and meet people who wanted to work with me. And then, the next thing I knew, I was on the road, and I was gone.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm writing the music, and I don't feel like its really connecting inside, then I'll know there's no reason to really put a lyric on it; it's a waste, and I'll throw it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in therapy since I was five, but music goes way, way, way, way, way beyond therapy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what makes me connect to my music - it is knowing that I am not alone in my feelings and my thoughts.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you love the music that you're going to play, of course you're going to do your best.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020