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Music Quotes
"It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" I thought, this is it."
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"Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music."
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"Well, I think music for kids is never anything but experimental is it?"
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"Well, I want to do The Music Man. I think it's an amazing opportunity, but I think that they are probably looking at major movie stars right now, and I don't blame them."
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"Attempting to write vocal oriented songs to me felt like going through the motions and if you are going to go through the motions you might as well just do any gig that caused you to do repetitive motions like banging a hammer or serving fries."
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"I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics."
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"Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't."
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"It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music."
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"Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert."
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"Country music belongs to America."
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"I don't find music being less important than, like, politics."
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"When Coltrane died, a void appeared in this music that has not been filled yet. He maintained a forward motion in his work and did not look back."
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"If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'"
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"If you want music that speaks to you, that LISTENS to you, you have to go out of your way, which I enjoy actually. I'm constantly on a private-eye kick to find the totally obscure."
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"I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise."
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"Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell."
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"The problem was the journalists who also did not understand much of my music, but they wrote about it. I think you fell into the usual trap laid out by parts of the press and other writers: that the poor musician has always to fight the evil companies and managers."
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"I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century."
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"Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself."
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"We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished."
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"You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher."
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"One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it."
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"I just feel like the songs that come out are the songs that come."
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"I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except for Show Tunes."
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"Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try."
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"My sons are into German music, but they are into all kinds of music."
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"California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music."
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