"I've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people."

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"I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

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"Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

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"When there's music in your soul, there's soul in your music."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"What kind of songs do you like? she asked."The ones that remind me of you," I said."

Faraaz Kazi, Indian Author

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"I usually think in terms of music."

Shane West, American Actor

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"It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry."

Martina McBride, American Musician

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"Music has the ability to express in the upbeat every brilliant aspect of existence, while on the downbeat convey the anguish that a human being experiences when apprehending the fleeting nature of time, and the mysterious torture of living and dying. Music stands alone in its ability to communicate the symbols and phases of life, both being and nonbeing."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

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"One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things."

Harrison Birtwistle, British Composer

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"I felt that I had been influenced by being in the city enough and I wanted to go off by myself to see what was going on. I remember going out there and looking in the mirror and thinking I wasn't anything."

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"If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that."

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"I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance."

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"I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing."

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"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."

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"Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder."

"When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could."

"When there's music in your soul, there's soul in your music."

"What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order."

"What kind of songs do you like? she asked."The ones that remind me of you," I said."

"I usually think in terms of music."

"It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry."

"One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things."

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"I felt that I had been influenced by being in the city enough and I wanted to go off by myself to see what was going on. I remember going out there and looking in the mirror and thinking I wasn't anything."

"If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that."

"I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance."

"I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing."

"I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing."

"I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations."

"I just consider myself a student, trying to learn more about it."

"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've always been interested in shaping music in odd ways, with odd riffs and that's been probably something that I've continued on with my studies with improvisation as I'm working with people."