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"That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and most important by hanging out with one another - by collaborating with one another and creating your own network - you can achieve something that is much better than what is out there."

"That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and most important by hanging out with one another - by collaborating with one another and creating your own network - you can achieve something that is much better than what is out there."

David Amram, American Composer

Music, Books, Listening, Network

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"I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed."

"I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed."

David Coverdale, English Musician

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"The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you."

"The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

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"And in an era where radio stations that are inclined to play Styx music are your classic rock stations and the stations that play current music look at us as dinosaurs - the only way we could reach people with our new music, generally, is to perform live."

"And in an era where radio stations that are inclined to play Styx music are your classic rock stations and the stations that play current music look at us as dinosaurs - the only way we could reach people with our new music, generally, is to perform live."

James Young, American Musician

Music, People, Play

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"I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play."

"I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play."

Kate DiCamillo, American Author

Music, Play, Right

44

"I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is."

"I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is."

Steven Morrissey, English Musician

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"The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian."

"The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian."

Herbie Mann, American Musician

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"On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts."

"On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts."

David Bowie, English Musician

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"There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind."

"There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind."

Louis Armstrong, American Musician

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"I'm not performing now. What I do now is listen to music all day long. Listening is very nourishing to me. I might go back to perform, I might make another record. I've got a record half finished."

"I'm not performing now. What I do now is listen to music all day long. Listening is very nourishing to me. I might go back to perform, I might make another record. I've got a record half finished."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

Music, Day, Listening, Now

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"Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record."

"Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

Music, People, Eyes, Today

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"I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music."

"I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

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"There are people that bring artists to me to look at it and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial."

"There are people that bring artists to me to look at it and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial."

Kenneth Edmonds, American Musician

Music, People, Artists, Question

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"Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool."

"Everything revolves around the music when it comes to Tool."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

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"I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass."

"I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass."

Don Ellis, American Musician

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"Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well."

"Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well."

Martin Gore, English Musician

Music, Error, Mind

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"With Frat House, at times I needed to make music that would reflect what these fraternity brothers might actually listen to, but still keep it within the realm of a score; it still had to lead the viewer through the scene, or just help create the mood."

"With Frat House, at times I needed to make music that would reflect what these fraternity brothers might actually listen to, but still keep it within the realm of a score; it still had to lead the viewer through the scene, or just help create the mood."

Jim Coleman, American Actor

Music, Brothers, Help

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"A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot."

"A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot."

Patti LuPone, American Musician

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"I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music."

"I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music."

Boz Scaggs, American Musician

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"Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write."

"Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write."

David Bowie, English Musician

Music, Songs, Want

44

"When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run by people who loved records, people like Ahmet Ertegun, who ran Atlantic Records, who were record collectors. They got in it because they loved music."

"When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run by people who loved records, people like Ahmet Ertegun, who ran Atlantic Records, who were record collectors. They got in it because they loved music."

David Crosby, American Musician

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"With Geoffrey, it was the first time we did music together, we understood that everything could be well, and without any problem. And we didn't need to rehearse too much."

"With Geoffrey, it was the first time we did music together, we understood that everything could be well, and without any problem. And we didn't need to rehearse too much."

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Musician

Music, Time, First

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"Jazz is rhythm and meaning."

"Jazz is rhythm and meaning."

Henri Matisse, French Artist

Music, Jazz, Meaning

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"When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out."

"When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

Music, Songs, Writing

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"As time went on, we formed a number of different bands. We played in rival, neighborhood bands. We learned more songs and we learned how to play Chuck Berry music and we learned Ventures songs."

"As time went on, we formed a number of different bands. We played in rival, neighborhood bands. We learned more songs and we learned how to play Chuck Berry music and we learned Ventures songs."

Wayne Kramer, American Musician

Music, Time, Play, Songs

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"To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones."

"To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones."

Reba McEntire, American Musician

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"People don't have fun making music all the time."

"People don't have fun making music all the time."

Ken Hill, British Playwright

Music, Time, People, Fun

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"I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial."

"I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial."

Mose Allison, American Musician

Music, Idea, Pretty, Want

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"As rich as Cincinnati was in live music, New York was even more."

"As rich as Cincinnati was in live music, New York was even more."

Gunther Schuller, American Composer

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"Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment."

"Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment."

John Barrow, American Politician

Music, Disappointment

44

"The Phantom, as well as being backed up by that music, it just so was a role that I identified with so powerfully. From the first second that I walked on to perform."

"The Phantom, as well as being backed up by that music, it just so was a role that I identified with so powerfully. From the first second that I walked on to perform."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

Music, Being, First

44

"Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it."

"Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it."

Bill Monroe, American Musician

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"Maybe some people have written us off, but I think the new music today has also invigorated us."

"Maybe some people have written us off, but I think the new music today has also invigorated us."

Lou Gramm, American Musician

Music, People, Today

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"I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry."

"I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry."

Rita Dove, American Poet

Music, Poetry, Language

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"Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person."

"Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person."

Etta James, American Musician

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"And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry."

"And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry."

Ruben Studdard, American Musician

Music, God, Longevity

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"I am very aware now that music is a business, but there is also a way to go about making music that is true to yourself as opposed to doing, you know, just going through the motions and making things that would just be commercially successful."

"I am very aware now that music is a business, but there is also a way to go about making music that is true to yourself as opposed to doing, you know, just going through the motions and making things that would just be commercially successful."

Ronnie Montrose, American Musician

Music, Business, Successful, Now

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"Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion."

"Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion."

Tony Snow, American Journalist

Music, Love, Politics, Fear

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"The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique."

"The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

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"You have to be a strong person to be in music, especially."

"You have to be a strong person to be in music, especially."

Christina Milian, American Musician

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"I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music."

"I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music."

Matthew Bourne, English Dancer

Music, Dance, Respect, Want

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"What's really good is African drum music."

"What's really good is African drum music."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

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"I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition."

"I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition."

Brian May, English Musician

Music, People, Intuition, Listening

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"Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music."

"Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music."

Gioachino Rossini, Italian Composer

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"In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as a last stage, when it is performed."

"In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as a last stage, when it is performed."

Pierre Schaeffer, French Composer

Music, Contrast, Sound

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"Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti."

"Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti."

Neville Marriner, English Musician

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"And I like to interpret music. So I think it's all interpretive."

"And I like to interpret music. So I think it's all interpretive."

Katey Sagal, American Athlete

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"People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music."

"People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Music, People, Magic, Perfection

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"We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music."

"We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music."

Jim Capaldi, British Musician

Music, Appreciation, Desire

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"Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that."

"Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Music, People, Emotion, Emotions

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