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"You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time."
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"I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project."
"What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music."
"I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey."
"Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior."
"If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words."
"Music is the highest form of philosophy of the conscious mind."
"Well, we play Country music; we're just not sure what country it is."
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