- 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
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was focusing on sax while at Berklee, but then I started to play Brazilian choro and Colombian music. I was doing more folkloric stuff on the clarinet because it works better. Finally, I realized I was working more on the clarinet than the saxophone, and I started to feel more comfortable on it.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father knew classical music very well. Driving in the car, listening to the radio, he could name every composer, every movement, what piece it was. I was fascinated by the way he recognized who wrote what.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clarinet is often associated with certain genres, like swing or folk music. I combine the old and new, using the clarinet as an expressive tool and not in one genre. I'm just happy that people are drawn to what I do.
- Jazz
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- Nov 07, 2020
The clarinet is not so dominant in Israeli music as it is in klezmer. I heard klezmer when I was growing up, but for some reason I avoided it. I listened to Louis Armstrong instead. But the sense of melody is the connection between jazz and klezmer.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Influences at home, including classical music, were not all specifically jazz, but the family radio was always on... So there was always some connection to American culture, to American music.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boston was incredible. I had some of the best experiences of my life there at Berklee because I met a bunch of other people who were at the exact same stage in life and interest as me. There were American and international students all wrapped up in the Berklee environment, where you basically did nothing but music 24/7.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My initial training was on the keyboard - mainly the great American songbook. In junior high, during the day, I was a classical clarinetist, but after school, I played New Orleans jazz and big-band music.
- Differences
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think music is one of the clearest ways to connect between people of all differences.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been thinking about going back to university. I need more tools to continue to apply to the music. I've got to open myself up to more language.
- Emotions
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big music person. I compare a lot of my emotions to how something sounds.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew I loved music, and I knew that I could feel music. So, I knew I had rhythm.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really motivated by music, and I love dancing, even if it's just by myself in my room or if it's going out with my friends.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020