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"Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept."

"Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

Music, Flowers, Listening, Reading

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"I could hear and feel music going on in me, and I couldn't get it out. You can always depend on a guitar."

"I could hear and feel music going on in me, and I couldn't get it out. You can always depend on a guitar."

Don Johnson, American Actor

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"You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days."

"You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days."

Beth Gibbons, English Musician

Music, Time, Needs, Trying

40

"I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I want to try stuff from other genres and try to widen my musical base."

"I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I want to try stuff from other genres and try to widen my musical base."

Greg Lake, British Musician

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"Well, Smoke n' Mirrors has very much a world music flavor and it doesn't park itself in one country. It borrows heavily from the Brazilian angle, which is dear to my heart, and I recorded several albums with that flavor."

"Well, Smoke n' Mirrors has very much a world music flavor and it doesn't park itself in one country. It borrows heavily from the Brazilian angle, which is dear to my heart, and I recorded several albums with that flavor."

Lee Ritenour, American Musician

Music, Heart, Country, World

40

"I'll keep evolving and put that into my songs."

"I'll keep evolving and put that into my songs."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

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"I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer."

"I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

Music, Songs, Writing

40

"Music is the silence between the notes."

"Music is the silence between the notes."

Claude Debussy, French Composer

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"I like music to soothe me."

"I like music to soothe me."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

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"I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera."

"I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera."

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Musician

Music, People, Opera, Want

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"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul."

"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul."

Johannes Sebastian Bach, German Composer

Music, God, Soul, End

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"I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music."

"I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music."

Billy Joel, American Musician

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"You are the music while the music lasts."

"You are the music while the music lasts."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

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"At intervals between the songs, more especially after the trances have begun, the dancers unclasp hands and sit down to smoke or talk for a few minutes."

"At intervals between the songs, more especially after the trances have begun, the dancers unclasp hands and sit down to smoke or talk for a few minutes."

James Mooney, American Scientist

Music, Songs, Talk

40

"Seeing our VH-1 Behind the Music shows just how dysfunctional some of the moments of the band were but this new line-up has put the fun back in dysfunction."

"Seeing our VH-1 Behind the Music shows just how dysfunctional some of the moments of the band were but this new line-up has put the fun back in dysfunction."

James Young, American Musician

Music, Fun, Moments

40

"The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs."

"The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

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"A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later."

"A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later."

Stanley Kubrick, American Director

Music, Feelings, Emotion, Fiction

40

"I have always enjoyed different kinds of music."

"I have always enjoyed different kinds of music."

Billy Sherwood, American Musician

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"It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century."

"It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century."

Alan Hovhaness, American Composer

Music, Sympathy

40

"I think you can feel the pain I've experienced in my music. It's something that a lot of people can relate to."

"I think you can feel the pain I've experienced in my music. It's something that a lot of people can relate to."

Blu Cantrell, American Musician

Music, People, Pain

40

"Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't."

"Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

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"I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out."

"I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out."

Jay London, American Comedian

40

"As you may know my use of Celtic music is extremely simple and short. However there is something about it that will remain in your mind for a long, long time."

"As you may know my use of Celtic music is extremely simple and short. However there is something about it that will remain in your mind for a long, long time."

Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese Composer

Music, Time, May, Mind

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"Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, 'You play blues. That music is so sad.' I gave them tickets to the show, and they came up afterwards and said, 'You didn't play one sad song.'"

"Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, 'You play blues. That music is so sad.' I gave them tickets to the show, and they came up afterwards and said, 'You didn't play one sad song.'"

Buddy Guy, American Musician

Music, Play, Song

40

"Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong."

"Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

Music, Ideas, Expression, Painting

40

"And looking at today's music scene, I think it's cool that there are a lot of consumers and fans not limited by what radio and the record companies tell them to buy."

"And looking at today's music scene, I think it's cool that there are a lot of consumers and fans not limited by what radio and the record companies tell them to buy."

Juice Newton, American Musician

Music, Fans, Today

40

"I listened to the rock music of that time, but as you know and can easily hear: my music of that era had nothing to do with the common music of this era. I was experimenting, I was searching for something new."

"I listened to the rock music of that time, but as you know and can easily hear: my music of that era had nothing to do with the common music of this era. I was experimenting, I was searching for something new."

Klaus Schulze, German Composer

Music, Time, Nothing

40

"I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano."

"I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano."

Jayne Meadows, American Actress

40

"I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician."

"I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician."

Blythe Danner, American Actress

Music, Work, Business, Love

40

"My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now."

"My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now."

John Frusciante, American Musician

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"I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation."

"I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

Music, Poetry, Love, Literary

40

"The older ideas are rendering more and more bland music."

"The older ideas are rendering more and more bland music."

Tom Jenkinson, English Musician

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"I've never been in the music industry, only acting."

"I've never been in the music industry, only acting."

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

40

"Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling."

"Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling."

River Phoenix, American Actor

Music, Creation

40

"There is a great correlation between music and images."

"There is a great correlation between music and images."

Graham Nash, British Musician

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"My parents did not have any interest in music."

"My parents did not have any interest in music."

Maurice Jarre, French Composer

Music, Interest, Parents

40

"I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me."

"I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me."

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Musician

Music, Career, Singing

40

"Prince used to call me up 3am in the morning and invite me to hear some of his new songs."

"Prince used to call me up 3am in the morning and invite me to hear some of his new songs."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

40

"All music has to speak in some form or other."

"All music has to speak in some form or other."

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, German Musician

40

"There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record."

"There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

40

"My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years."

"My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

Music, Brother, Rap, Years

40

"Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you're in the can."

"Over in the UK, the music press can be brutal. They can say wonderful things about you one week, and the next week, you're in the can."

Enya, Irish Musician

40

"I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music."

"I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music."

Barry White, American Musician

Music, Birthday, School

40

"One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music."

"One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music."

Stephen Sondheim, American Composer

Music, Poetry, Difference

40

"If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not?"

"If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not?"

Robert Fripp, English Musician

Music, Genius, Play, Present

40

"I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor."

"I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor."

Aimee Mann, American Musician

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"The great thing about the Internet is that it allows people to find and consume music."

"The great thing about the Internet is that it allows people to find and consume music."

Andy Taylor, British Musician

Music, People, Internet

40

"I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did."

"I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did."

Lee Ann Womack, American Musician

Music, Idea, Country, Country music

40

"I was stuck with looking like a girl. As soon as I got out of music it was straight off to the hairdressers."

"I was stuck with looking like a girl. As soon as I got out of music it was straight off to the hairdressers."

Adam Rickitt, British Actor

40

"You're talking to someone who really understands rock music."

"You're talking to someone who really understands rock music."

Tipper Gore, American Celebrity

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