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"Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation."

"Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

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"Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off."

"Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

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"They've been brought up on the best music. It's gonna be so good."

"They've been brought up on the best music. It's gonna be so good."

Sean Booth, English Musician

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"Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film."

"Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film."

Jessica Hagedorn, Filipino Writer

Music, Film, Theater, Writing

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"What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans and Cuba, I mean, they had ferries that would go from one port to another."

"What is interesting in this is the exchange of music that occurred between New Orleans and Cuba, I mean, they had ferries that would go from one port to another."

Ruben Blades, Panamanian Musician

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"The music I do is food... that will be your dinner."

"The music I do is food... that will be your dinner."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

Music, Food, Will

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"As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music."

"As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music."

Lamar Alexander, American Politician

Music, People, Beliefs, State

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"Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous."

"Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous."

Yehudi Menuhin, American Musician

Music, Harmony, Order

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"Jim, as just a spoken poet, was not that good. He needed the music behind him. He felt a security and a sense of abandon when the music existed around him."

"Jim, as just a spoken poet, was not that good. He needed the music behind him. He felt a security and a sense of abandon when the music existed around him."

Ray Manzarek, American Musician

Music, Security, Sense

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"Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song."

"Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song."

Ville Valo, Finnish Musician

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"I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big."

"I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

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"Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours."

"Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours."

Phil Collins, English Musician

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"The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me."

"The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me."

Enya, Irish Musician

Music, Success, Thought

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"For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song."

"For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song."

Geddy Lee, Canadian Musician

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"I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping."

"I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping."

Nina Simone, American Musician

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"The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do."

"The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do."

Keith Richards, English Musician

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"I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that."

"I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that."

Bobby Vinton, American Musician

Music, Guitar, Play, School

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"Music is the shorthand of emotion."

"Music is the shorthand of emotion."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die."

"My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die."

Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician

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"I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last."

"I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last."

David Amram, American Composer

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"Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart."

"Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

Music, Heart, Purpose

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"First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that."

"First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that."

Carlos Santana, Mexican Musician

Music, People, African, Credit

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"This music isn't Top 40, we really stand out from anyone."

"This music isn't Top 40, we really stand out from anyone."

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

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"The best way to express rhythm is music."

"The best way to express rhythm is music."

John Hartford, American Musician

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"Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!"

"Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!"

Lauryn Hill, American Musician

Music, Spiritual

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"When we started there was this element of these experiments we were doing where we weren't really sure how the music would play out because the music was all on different players."

"When we started there was this element of these experiments we were doing where we weren't really sure how the music would play out because the music was all on different players."

Wayne Coyne, American Musician

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"They all knew my name, but no one heard the music - I didn't look the same."

"They all knew my name, but no one heard the music - I didn't look the same."

Ricky Nelson, American Musician

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"In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance."

"In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance."

Franz Liszt, Hungarian Composer

Music, Dance, Song

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"I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music."

"I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music."

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

Music, Being, Sound

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"If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other."

"If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other."

Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer

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"When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material."

"When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material."

Tennessee Ernie Ford, American Musician

Music, Day, Night, Pretty

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"Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice."

"Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Music, Hardship, Injustice, Misery

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"I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music."

"I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music."

Jai Rodriguez, American Actor

Music, Thought, Gay

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"Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration."

"Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration."

Madeleine Stowe, American Actress

Music, Inspiration, Fact, Uniqueness

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"I write in all keys. I've always written in all keys. I've probably written a lot of songs in A."

"I write in all keys. I've always written in all keys. I've probably written a lot of songs in A."

Teena Marie, American Musician

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"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'."

"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'."

Bob Newhart, American Comedian

Music, People, Country, Country music

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"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Music, Life, Imagination, Soul

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"Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch."

"Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Music, Heal, Wounds, Medicine

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"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe."

"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Music, Soul, Universe

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"There was the best teachers from the Czech Philharmonic, highly dedicated people, some of the best musicians in the world passing on the knowledge about the country, about the principles, and about the music."

"There was the best teachers from the Czech Philharmonic, highly dedicated people, some of the best musicians in the world passing on the knowledge about the country, about the principles, and about the music."

Miroslav Vitous, Czechoslovakian Musician

Music, People, Knowledge, Country

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"I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer."

"I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make music with a synthesizer."

Robert Moog, American Inventor

Music, First, Musicians, Order

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"To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only a few people in the audience actually know what that music is, or understand it."

"To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only a few people in the audience actually know what that music is, or understand it."

Archie Shepp, American Musician

Music, People, Play

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"The music stuff has been very difficult. It's got to be right, and even then, it better be on key."

"The music stuff has been very difficult. It's got to be right, and even then, it better be on key."

Michael Winslow, American Actor

Music, Key, Right

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"I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other."

"I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other."

Adam Jones, American Musician

Music, Songs, Sound, Style

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"Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die."

"Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die."

Paul Simon, American Musician

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"But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles were happening. I think that was probably the main thing. The Beatles just changed the whole world of music."

"But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles were happening. I think that was probably the main thing. The Beatles just changed the whole world of music."

Barry McGuire, American Musician

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"I couldn't live without my music, man. Or me mum."

"I couldn't live without my music, man. Or me mum."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

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"Good rock music always tends to be around."

"Good rock music always tends to be around."

Dave Davies, British Musician

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"I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music for music as opposed to music that has something to do with some form of image or imagery."

"I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music for music as opposed to music that has something to do with some form of image or imagery."

Les Claypool, American Musician

Music, Musicians, World

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"If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better."

"If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better."

Paula Cole, American Musician

Music, Life, Answers, Meaning

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