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"No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had."

"No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had."

Charley Pride, American Athlete

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"To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no one else would have thought of putting together."

"To me, Mozart is our Shakespeare, the one who wrote the most dramatic, psychologically most baffling music. He combined ideas that no one else would have thought of putting together."

Lukas Foss, German Composer

Music, Thought, Ideas, Shakespeare

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"My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way."

"My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way."

Marc Almond, British Musician

Music, Songs, Want

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"Actually, I never liked Dylan's kind of music before; I always thought he sounded just like Yogi Bear."

"Actually, I never liked Dylan's kind of music before; I always thought he sounded just like Yogi Bear."

Mick Ronson, English Musician

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"But in the next world I shan't be doing music, with all the striving and disappointments. I shall be being it."

"But in the next world I shan't be doing music, with all the striving and disappointments. I shall be being it."

Ralph Vaughan Williams, English Composer

Music, Being, Disappointments, World

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"Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it."

"Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it."

Freddie Hubbard, American Musician

Music, Sister, Brother

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"Most of what we take as being important is not material, whether it's music or feelings or love. They're things we can't really see or touch. They're not material, but they're vitally important to us."

"Most of what we take as being important is not material, whether it's music or feelings or love. They're things we can't really see or touch. They're not material, but they're vitally important to us."

Judy Collins, American Musician

Music, Love, Feelings, Being

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"What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music."

"What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music."

Wyclef Jean, American Musician

Music, Rap, Trying

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"The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer."

"The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune."

"Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune."

Miguel De Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

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"Throughout the years I have tried to hone my skills to gain mastery over the music in my head."

"Throughout the years I have tried to hone my skills to gain mastery over the music in my head."

Kip Winger, American Musician

Music, Gain, Years

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"Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout."

"Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout."

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, German Poet

Music, Life, Dignity, Effect

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"I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians."

"I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

Music, People, Act, Being

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"Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards."

"Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards."

Peter Tork, American Musician

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"I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record."

"I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record."

Beck, American Musician

Music, Quality, Play

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"As long as it's good music, that's what's important."

"As long as it's good music, that's what's important."

Tom Araya, American Musician

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"That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to."

"That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to."

Smokey Robinson, American Musician

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"If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I'm interested in doing."

"If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I'm interested in doing."

Bill Dixon, American Musician

Music, Money, Building, Old

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"They look at what's more important, like subjects to help with the SAT's, etc. They miss that music is vital. It offers a break from a stressful day of science and math and it's different."

"They look at what's more important, like subjects to help with the SAT's, etc. They miss that music is vital. It offers a break from a stressful day of science and math and it's different."

Justin Guarini, American Musician

Music, Science, Day, Help

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"But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm."

"But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm."

Karlheinz Stockhausen, German Composer

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"Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio."

"Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio."

Huey Lewis, American Musician

Music, Songs, Today

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"No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone."

"No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone."

Olivier Messiaen, French Composer

Music, Play, Wood

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"What is this? It's music to get a brain seizure by."

"What is this? It's music to get a brain seizure by."

Ozzy Osbourne, English Musician

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"I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records."

"I plan to stay in music. I plan to keep making records."

Joan Jett, American Musician

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"If you have this passion for music, you don't stop doing it - it chooses you and doesn't release you."

"If you have this passion for music, you don't stop doing it - it chooses you and doesn't release you."

Tina Weymouth, American Musician

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"If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing."

"If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing."

Anne Seward, British Poet

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"We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music."

"We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music."

Barbara Sher, American Businessman

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"I just prefer instrumental. I don't need to hear what other people are singing. And if I need music as a backdrop to work or to think, I need to have that part of the brain clear - I don't need people feeding their fantasies into my vision."

"I just prefer instrumental. I don't need to hear what other people are singing. And if I need music as a backdrop to work or to think, I need to have that part of the brain clear - I don't need people feeding their fantasies into my vision."

Lydia Lunch, American Musician

Music, Work, People, Vision

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"I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people."

"I want to do all types of music, music for all people. I want my music to be encouraging, to help people."

Fantasia Barrino, American Musician

Music, People, Encouraging, Help

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"I'm there to make a kind of theatrical music that is desperately missing in my life. And if other people don't like it, I'm very unhappy, but I can't do anything about that."

"I'm there to make a kind of theatrical music that is desperately missing in my life. And if other people don't like it, I'm very unhappy, but I can't do anything about that."

Richard Foreman, American Playwright

Music, Life, People

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"Recently, I've been working on anew album of material, which should be out in the new Millennium. I'm not sure which song will be put out as a single, but I'm still hoping to get another record in the charts."

"Recently, I've been working on anew album of material, which should be out in the new Millennium. I'm not sure which song will be put out as a single, but I'm still hoping to get another record in the charts."

Desmond Dekker, Jamaican Musician

Music, Song, Will

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"The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina."

"The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina."

Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician

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"Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it."

"Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it."

Harrison Birtwistle, British Composer

Music, Time, Now, Theory

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"Quite frankly, I've always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it and there was a lot of live music around."

"Quite frankly, I've always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it and there was a lot of live music around."

Boz Scaggs, American Musician

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"It's a dream come true, and with this music, with this Rossini, it's unbelievable how to express the joy and express the joy of the situation and the joy to play this music, to sing this music, it's really fantastic."

"It's a dream come true, and with this music, with this Rossini, it's unbelievable how to express the joy and express the joy of the situation and the joy to play this music, to sing this music, it's really fantastic."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Music, Dream, Joy, Play

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"I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music."

"I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music."

Steve Lacy, American Musician

Music, Now, Play, Years

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"Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles."

"Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles."

Ednita Nazario, American Musician

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"That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music."

"That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music."

David Amram, American Composer

Music, Poetry, Ability

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"Ultimately, at the end of it, it's just trying to get into that space where you feel like you're hitting the right thing and you're making music. And it feels intuitive rather than being counterintuitive."

"Ultimately, at the end of it, it's just trying to get into that space where you feel like you're hitting the right thing and you're making music. And it feels intuitive rather than being counterintuitive."

Charlie Hunter, American Musician

Music, Being, End, Right

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"No, in 1968 I still wanted to be a Pop Star, and be about the music. Now, I want to be just about the music."

"No, in 1968 I still wanted to be a Pop Star, and be about the music. Now, I want to be just about the music."

Peter Tork, American Musician

Music, Now, Want

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"I don't listen to a lot of radio today. It's not really music to me."

"I don't listen to a lot of radio today. It's not really music to me."

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

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"There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind."

"There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind."

Bonnie Raitt, American Musician

Music, Girls, Mind

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"When you are real in your music, people know it and they feel your authenticity."

"When you are real in your music, people know it and they feel your authenticity."

Wynonna Judd, American Musician

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"I think that what I'm interested with is the creative side of music-making, rather than all the travelling."

"I think that what I'm interested with is the creative side of music-making, rather than all the travelling."

Michael Giles, English Musician

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"A musician has to find a way to make his music mean something special - spiritually or however you can."

"A musician has to find a way to make his music mean something special - spiritually or however you can."

Charlie Byrd, American Musician

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"Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music."

"Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

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"The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry."

"The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry."

Mark Knopfler, British Musician

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"My favorite type of music to sing is country, and my favorite type of music to listen to is country."

"My favorite type of music to sing is country, and my favorite type of music to listen to is country."

Scotty McCreery, American Musician

Music, Country, Favorite

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"There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature, equivocal. I shall not be going too far in saying at once that she is politically suspect."

"There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature, equivocal. I shall not be going too far in saying at once that she is politically suspect."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Music, Nature, Gentlemen, Saying

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"Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wanna be a part of him or around him."

"Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wanna be a part of him or around him."

Tupac Shakur, American Musician

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