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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
They told me that they are starting a classic label, and wanted me to be the first artist. So I signed, and am producing myself, and writing my own music, but I'm their first artist on their classic label. And I have creative control.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still have a passion for the music, which is such a beautiful thing. I still wake up in the middle of the night out of a dream and have a melody in my head, and run to my piano.
- Blessing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just think it's a blessing that I was able to have the gift of words and to be able to put them into music. I was given a great gift all the way around. I didn't ever have to really go out and look for songs, you know.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were times I used to go to parties when I was, you know, like 15-, 16-years-old, and I'd always bring my guitar, and all my friends would be like, sing one of the Smokey songs. And everything I sang was his music, and I could sound just like him.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just really always try to do what's in my heart and I'm still passionate about the music; I still love what I am doing.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've done a lot of writing for other people, other projects, and what I tried to do with the music I'm putting out for myself is kind of keep it where I'm doing everything.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American country music and rock n' roll made between 1955 and 1959. The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry were my first musical loves and are still what I am most moved by. Roy Orbison came a little bit later.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even for the people in the business who are real music lovers it's really about putting things in the right boxes, and my style doesn't fit into a box.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We really believe in our music, and it's still heartening to know that it's appreciated, and that's what sticks.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't make music except for the joy of making music, really - and meeting people and sharing ideas.
- Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
You leave school, work terrible jobs to pay rent, and that's when you start finding your way in music and forming bands.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without a drummer, you've got that sort of running, chicken-chasing, rhythmic thing happening with the banjo in the top end - it's what gives our music a lot of its momentum, a lot of its energy.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have big limitations by not having a drummer. It instantly informs a lot of our musical decisions when it comes to writing. What we end up coming out with is not very cerebral music.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020