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"Whatever I'm doing, whatever comes along, this music is something that I've always wanted to do."

"Whatever I'm doing, whatever comes along, this music is something that I've always wanted to do."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

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"I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people."

"I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people."

Eberhard Weber, German Musician

Music, People, Ability

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"To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain."

"To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain."

Ken Burns, American Director

Music, Artist, Choice, Compromise

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"At Bloomington, Indiana, I was invited to listen to music written in quarter tones for four harps and voices. I had to go out to be sick."

"At Bloomington, Indiana, I was invited to listen to music written in quarter tones for four harps and voices. I had to go out to be sick."

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German Musician

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"I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I can't really think of anyone who's done anything like it since."

"I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I can't really think of anyone who's done anything like it since."

Ray Manzarek, American Musician

Music, Poetry, Thought, Open

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"We do a lot of light classical programming with that, too... obviously... a lot of Tchaikovsky music, Grieg, things like that which have become less classical with classical concerts."

"We do a lot of light classical programming with that, too... obviously... a lot of Tchaikovsky music, Grieg, things like that which have become less classical with classical concerts."

Skitch Henderson, American Musician

Music, Light, Programming

36

"There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over."

"There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

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"I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine."

"I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine."

John Mayall, British Musician

36

"I like listening to good music - and I can't stop playing my album."

"I like listening to good music - and I can't stop playing my album."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

Music, Listening

36

"In writing music, the structure of each piece is a very important factor."

"In writing music, the structure of each piece is a very important factor."

Leo Ornstein, American Composer

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"It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away."

"It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away."

Donald O'Connor, American Musician

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"I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world."

"I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

Music, Laughter, Sound, World

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"Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time."

"Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time."

Ornette Coleman, American Musician

Music, Time, Jazz, Night

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"Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes."

"Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes."

Christine McVie, American Musician

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"Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we think about doing a cover, but never a covers record. That would be, for us, a concept. We don't want to have a concept!"

"Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we think about doing a cover, but never a covers record. That would be, for us, a concept. We don't want to have a concept!"

Robert Cray, American Musician

Music, Songs, Want

35

"The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music."

"The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music."

Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician

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"What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory."

"What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory."

Mark Knopfler, British Musician

Music, Song, Theory

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"Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids."

"Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids."

Dick Smothers, American Comedian

Music, College, Folk, Kids

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"In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel."

"In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel."

Ken Burns, American Director

Music, Emotions, End

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"Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something."

"Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something."

Frank Zappa, American Musician

Music, Performance, Sculpture

35

"There are so few directors who are musical who appreciate music."

"There are so few directors who are musical who appreciate music."

Alex North, American Composer

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"Music is the shorthand of emotion."

"Music is the shorthand of emotion."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm."

"Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm."

Karlheinz Stockhausen, German Composer

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"To me, a sex scene in a movie generally means a gratuitous scene that doesn't serve the story but gives a kind of excuse - we've got these two actors, we want to see them naked, so let's bring in the music and the soft light."

"To me, a sex scene in a movie generally means a gratuitous scene that doesn't serve the story but gives a kind of excuse - we've got these two actors, we want to see them naked, so let's bring in the music and the soft light."

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American Actor

Music, Sex, Actors, Light

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"My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard."

"My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard."

Dan Fogelberg, American Musician

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"We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile."

"We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile."

Barry White, American Musician

Music, Baby, Beginning, Brothers

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"Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic answer about that but in the last few years, for the first time in my life, I really haven't listened to much music. I used to work with music on and now I don't."

"Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic answer about that but in the last few years, for the first time in my life, I really haven't listened to much music. I used to work with music on and now I don't."

Ann Beattie, American Writer

Music, Time, Work, Life

35

"Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving."

"Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving."

Carla Bley, American Musician

Music, Listening

35

"Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better."

"Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better."

Billy Sheehan, American Musician

Music, Soul, Thought, People

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"Music is all about wanting to be better at it."

"Music is all about wanting to be better at it."

Geddy Lee, Canadian Musician

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"I think there's enough room in country music for everybody."

"I think there's enough room in country music for everybody."

Charley Pride, American Athlete

Music, Country, Countrymusic

35

"My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician."

"My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

Music, Father, People, Play

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"You know how it is with drawers and labels in the music business. They don't want anything to be complicated. They just want it simple, as simple as possible."

"You know how it is with drawers and labels in the music business. They don't want anything to be complicated. They just want it simple, as simple as possible."

Mark McGrath, American Musician

Music, Business, Want

35

"Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs."

"Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Music, Actions, Emotions

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"For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music."

"For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music."

Isabelle Huppert, French Actress

Music, Time, Cinema

35

"This is a cause that musicians can take to heart because one of our main reasons for being is to share our music with other people, and this takes us to people who probably wouldn't otherwise get to hear music on quite this level."

"This is a cause that musicians can take to heart because one of our main reasons for being is to share our music with other people, and this takes us to people who probably wouldn't otherwise get to hear music on quite this level."

Boz Scaggs, American Musician

Music, People, Heart, Being

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"I am moved by music, and certain things just make my day."

"I am moved by music, and certain things just make my day."

Bobby Sherman, American Musician

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"I was about 11 when my mother brought me this karaoke machine and I was really into it back then, but about 4 or 5 years ago is when I started printing up my own music, going to the studio and doing my own thing."

"I was about 11 when my mother brought me this karaoke machine and I was really into it back then, but about 4 or 5 years ago is when I started printing up my own music, going to the studio and doing my own thing."

Obie Trice, American Musician

Music, Mother, Machine, Printing

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"I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career."

"I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career."

Miriam Makeba, South African Musician

35

"Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God."

"Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Music, Art, God

35

"Music is not a commodity, it's a resource."

"Music is not a commodity, it's a resource."

Michelle Shocked, American Musician

35

"They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors came over to my home, and we worked in the music room, and I learned my two little songs."

"They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors came over to my home, and we worked in the music room, and I learned my two little songs."

Rue McClanahan, American Actress

Music, Home, First, Songs

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"America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and many, very many, free scholarships for talented young disciples who are unable to pay the expense of study."

"America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and many, very many, free scholarships for talented young disciples who are unable to pay the expense of study."

Anton Seidl, Hungarian Celebrity

Music, Development, America, Schools

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"When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music - they are music."

"When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music - they are music."

Dinah Shore, American Actress

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"If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong."

"If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong."

Aaron Copland, American Composer

Music, Literary, Man, Will

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"However in countries outside of Japan I think game music is still a potential growth market that has not yet developed to the extent that we are seeing in Japan."

"However in countries outside of Japan I think game music is still a potential growth market that has not yet developed to the extent that we are seeing in Japan."

Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese Composer

Music, Growth, Countries, Potential

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"The saddest songs are written when a person is happy."

"The saddest songs are written when a person is happy."

Merle Travis, American Musician

35

"Our albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us."

"Our albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us."

John Deacon, British Musician

35

"My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy."

"My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy."

Gary Wright, American Musician

Music, Philosophy

35

"The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself."

"The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

Music, Attention, Job, Sense

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