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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 Nov 07, 2020

Nov 07, 2020

Technology means the kind of music you can make on your own if you've got an imagination is amazing. It's crazy that I can sit with a Mac and a keyboard and a mic and create a symphony.

Nov 07, 2020

When you put everything you have into making music, both on and off the stage, it can be very frustrating when the music you work so hard to create is not allowed to see the light of day.

Childhood
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Nov 07, 2020

Who doesn't love Donna Summer's music? It was part of my childhood, always heard around the house.

Every Single Day
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Nov 07, 2020

Striving to make music that empowers people as opposed to making them feel like they're being beaten down every single day is so important.

Nov 07, 2020

When people say, 'Stay in your lane; you're a musician, so you should only talk about music,' what do you think songs are written about? I connect with music because what somebody has said has resonated with me in one way or another.

You
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Nov 07, 2020

The music has a better feeling when you're responding to what's going on. Music is like playing handball, playing catch with someone, not playing golf. Everywhere the ball bounces is where you respond to it.

Nov 07, 2020

If you play the very subtle jazz tunes with acoustic pianos, acoustic bass and it's a dead standard, you are going to play very differently. It depends on the music.

Nov 07, 2020

With music, you can put sophisticated thoughts in a child's head - it gives you a whole new avenue to express ideas.

Nov 07, 2020

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better.

Nov 07, 2020

Each album you make, each body of music, you just never know how the world's going to relate to it.

Nov 07, 2020

We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society.

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't feel like I'm very good at making music.

Nov 07, 2020

I've always had a fascination with pirates. You know, I've written a song completely inspired by I want this to feel like pirates, you know, fighting together, made a music video about it, yada, yada.

Nov 07, 2020

At first, I thought I could go to school and do music on the side and be successful, but the more I began to understand the industry, the more I fell in love with it.

Journey
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Nov 07, 2020

I know that people don't listen to music much in the way when they'll put on a CD, sit down, have a drink or go on a car journey. People pick and choose and just listen to tracks. But when I make a record, I try to think about it as a 50 minute musical journey, so the mood is very important, as is the sequence of the songs.

Nov 07, 2020

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

Nov 07, 2020

These days, you're always surrounded by music and sounds, whether you're in the mall or a subway car.

Mistake
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Nov 07, 2020

I can't help what people write or think. If somebody thinks I'm a serious archivist, they're wrong. That's been a problem. It's a shame people take that attitude, because it affects how they listen to the music. It's a big mistake to treat any pop music that way.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

Conceptually, I am open to mistakes - errors, actually. I do play lots of wrong notes while I am making some music, and a mistake or a wrong note is like a gift for me: 'Oh, wow, an unknown sound or an unknown harmony. I didn't know about this.'

Nov 07, 2020

When you do something in music and see it happen again in the next generation, you know you're on the right wave length.

There's also a critical note about artists becoming too exclusive, echoing concerns raised in documentary work about self-image and audience. See Food Quotes and Dad Quotes for more varied reading.

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