- 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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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to focus on making the music sound simple and true, and very lush and full. I think music should take you to somewhere else where you have the space to contemplate or exercise your imagination. All the while you should be feeling real good, like when you have a delicious and decadent meal, macaroni and cheese or foie gras.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I express myself through the music, I want to be responsible in that expression and how it carries on well after I'm here. But that's just me.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I could not imagine having a child and the child not having a relationship with music that opens up their mind and their imagination and teaches them things.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Raphael Saadiq said to me, quite often, that Chuck D was his history teacher. And so he got a lot from the music, things that he wasn't getting maybe in school. And I feel the same way with regards to Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is an important thing of energy. And there are a lot of wonderful aspects that come with it and vibrations, the physical vibrations, the movement of notes through an instrument and creating a wave that resonates into our spirit.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after reading it just once.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm working, I'm pretty busy with that, but when I'm not, yeah, I like to make music. I sing in jazz bars and stuff, and then I mainly paint every day. It's kind of like a different side of my mind I like to use, and it keeps the other one fresh, and yeah, writing, I've been writing with some friends.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go within.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
City people live the city. We live in L.A., New York, we live in places where it's chaotic and you never know what's gonna happen. And that's the music - you never know what's gonna happen.
- Jump
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- Nov 07, 2020
I appreciate an audience that reacts to the music, even if they jump on stage and try to beat us up, I think that's a fantastic reaction. I think that they're really hearing something then.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's Frank's painting on the cover. We were originally going to use a Salvador Dali painting that we got permission from Salvador Dali to use, and Frank found this one, and it really did fit the music much more.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I go to.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020