"It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture.""

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"It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture.""

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"There are so few directors who are musical who appreciate music."

Alex North, American Composer

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"I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may."

Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

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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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"I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults."

Rick Derringer, American Musician

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"Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

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"I see music as one language. If one musical form eats its own tail, it dies. So it needs to be a mongrel, it needs to be hybridised."

Sting, British Musician

Music, Language, Needs

"So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with."

Joseph Jarman, American Musician

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"Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body."

Klaus Schulze, German Composer

Music, Dance, Being, Body

"A song has to become as much a part of you as a tailored suit."

Martha Reeves, American Musician

Music, Song

"There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything."

Gloria Gaynor, American Musician

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"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."

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"The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation."

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"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

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"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep."

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"We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life."

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"When we separate music from life we get art."

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"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot."

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"There are so few directors who are musical who appreciate music."

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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."

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"Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it."

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"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

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"When we separate music from life we get art."

"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot."