"When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six."

Music, Time, Day

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"When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six."

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"I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me."

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"When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six."

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"It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been."

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"My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading."

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"I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. That's why I still love to sleep on couches now."

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"Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right up my alley, that whole style. It has a style of its own but still stays very true to the classic arrangement, and I love it."

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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."

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"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"You can cage the singer but not the song."

Harry Belafonte, American Musician

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"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

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"I would hate to make music and people love me for something that isn't me."

"When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six."

"It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been."

"And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head."

"My mother is an actress, and she used to drag me from theater to theater and reading to reading."

"I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. That's why I still love to sleep on couches now."

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"Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right up my alley, that whole style. It has a style of its own but still stays very true to the classic arrangement, and I love it."

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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."

"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."

"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

"You can cage the singer but not the song."

"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty."

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."

"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."