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"I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I'm really working on him about that."
Aimee Mann
"I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I'm really working on him about that."
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"I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music."
Peter Maxwell Davies
"I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music."
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"I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls."
Tommy Chong
"I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls."
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"After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously."
Dan Hawkins
"After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously."
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"I like going to New York. I like the galleries and the theatre and the restaurants and bars and music. I think that city is more alive than Los Angeles."
Sara Gilbert
"I like going to New York. I like the galleries and the theatre and the restaurants and bars and music. I think that city is more alive than Los Angeles."
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"It was very satisfying knowing I could come in not really knowing what I was going to do, and at the end of the session feeling that I'd really done interesting guitar work and knowing that I'd really contributed to the music."
Ronnie Montrose
"It was very satisfying knowing I could come in not really knowing what I was going to do, and at the end of the session feeling that I'd really done interesting guitar work and knowing that I'd really contributed to the music."
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"I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want."
Jon Fishman
"I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want."
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"Music is such a problem in the time it takes."
Harrison Birtwistle
"Music is such a problem in the time it takes."
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"Originally I was not writing songs for myself."
Smokey Robinson
"Originally I was not writing songs for myself."
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"I'm not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything."
Richard Fleeshman
"I'm not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything."
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"Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past."
Johnny Mathis
"Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past."
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"Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music."
Jimi Hendrix
"Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music."
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"I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't."
Bruce Springsteen
"I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't."
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"Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do."
Dustin Diamond
"Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do."
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"I've always been that way. I'm not very good at reading music but I'm pretty quick at picking things up."
Roy Wood
"I've always been that way. I'm not very good at reading music but I'm pretty quick at picking things up."
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"Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody."
Luciano Pavarotti
"Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody."
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"I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums."
Nobuo Uematsu
"I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums."
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"My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime."
Faith Hill
"My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime."
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"I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff."
Eberhard Weber
"I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff."
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"So it was out of necessity that Blackheart was born. I think it's great that now, 25 years later, we're not only putting out our own music, but are able to put out music by other bands. That's really exciting for us."
Joan Jett
"So it was out of necessity that Blackheart was born. I think it's great that now, 25 years later, we're not only putting out our own music, but are able to put out music by other bands. That's really exciting for us."
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"If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something."
Dexter Gordon
"If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something."
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"Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they're worse in cultural aspects, like in music and art. They don't teach you anything."
John Kricfalusi
"Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they're worse in cultural aspects, like in music and art. They don't teach you anything."
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"But it wasn't just a technical approach towards the piano, studying the music for this film was also a way of approaching the soul of the film, because the film is really about the soul of Schubert and the soul of Bach."
Isabelle Huppert
"But it wasn't just a technical approach towards the piano, studying the music for this film was also a way of approaching the soul of the film, because the film is really about the soul of Schubert and the soul of Bach."
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"'I don't want to grow up,' Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for a living."
Jason Newsted
"'I don't want to grow up,' Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for a living."
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"Music is pretty much the lifestyle, not the music itself. The lifestyle really pulled me off the street. Made me want to do something organized and positive."
Brandon Thomas
"Music is pretty much the lifestyle, not the music itself. The lifestyle really pulled me off the street. Made me want to do something organized and positive."
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"I want to communicate through my music. If you want to know Geri Halliwell listen to my album: it tells you more about me than a documentary ever could."
Geri Halliwell
"I want to communicate through my music. If you want to know Geri Halliwell listen to my album: it tells you more about me than a documentary ever could."
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"For me the ideal date would be to drink wine in the backyard under the stars, listen to music and just talk. Then we'd eat steak and, later, dessert. If all went as planned, we'd save some of the dessert and play with it while making out."
Karen McDougal
"For me the ideal date would be to drink wine in the backyard under the stars, listen to music and just talk. Then we'd eat steak and, later, dessert. If all went as planned, we'd save some of the dessert and play with it while making out."
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"It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about."
John Otto
"It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about."
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"But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a few albums worth of songs."
Gregory Harrison
"But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a few albums worth of songs."
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"However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously."
Robert Fripp
"However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously."
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"Anyway, it fell through because they ran out of money. That was when I learned not to waste your time getting your hopes up or to believe something until it actually happens. We broke up for various reasons, but it was a good band. Jim and Don produced some magical music."
Jamie Muir
"Anyway, it fell through because they ran out of money. That was when I learned not to waste your time getting your hopes up or to believe something until it actually happens. We broke up for various reasons, but it was a good band. Jim and Don produced some magical music."
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"My opinion is that music is music. As long as you approach doing a remix with truth, I don't see the dance remixes being any different than an hip-hop remix- it's really a different version of the song."
Deborah Cox
"My opinion is that music is music. As long as you approach doing a remix with truth, I don't see the dance remixes being any different than an hip-hop remix- it's really a different version of the song."
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"A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music."
Taylor Hanson
"A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music."
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"Solace is my favorite song. It was the last song we wrote for the record. It was right when we really started to mesh as far as music goes and we started really connecting with each other."
Brandon Thomas
"Solace is my favorite song. It was the last song we wrote for the record. It was right when we really started to mesh as far as music goes and we started really connecting with each other."
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"Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played."
Dave Lombardo
"Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played."
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"In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music."
Dinah Shore
"In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music."
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"I probably won't be able to hear it until five years from now anyway. That's when I always hear my own music. It takes five years to sit down with it after not hearing it for a couple of years."
Alan Vega
"I probably won't be able to hear it until five years from now anyway. That's when I always hear my own music. It takes five years to sit down with it after not hearing it for a couple of years."
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"I've been in the studio experimenting on making a CD of my own. I'm trying out different producers, styles, sounds. With music, as opposed to acting, you are not playing a character. You are showing people who you are. I really want to have my spirit in it."
Emily Rossum
"I've been in the studio experimenting on making a CD of my own. I'm trying out different producers, styles, sounds. With music, as opposed to acting, you are not playing a character. You are showing people who you are. I really want to have my spirit in it."
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"I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed, and you're going to hear it in the music."
Aimee Mann
"I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed, and you're going to hear it in the music."
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"Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me."
Rick Springfield
"Music is a 24-hour-a-day thing for me."
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"Make your own music. It can be done."
Michelle Shocked
"Make your own music. It can be done."
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"A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words."
Roy Ayers
"A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words."
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"My two great loves are music and horses."
Betty Buckley
"My two great loves are music and horses."
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"You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it."
T-Bone Burnett
"You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There was incredible vitriol in it."
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"When you're artistic director of a program, you present the music you want to present."
Stanley Crouch
"When you're artistic director of a program, you present the music you want to present."
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"Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way."
Holly Near
"Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way."
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"Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it, as far as I'm concerned."
Martin Freeman
"Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it, as far as I'm concerned."
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"I only want to give a metaphysic for my music."
Gyorgy Ligeti
"I only want to give a metaphysic for my music."
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"If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a different kind of feel than Billy's songs."
James Iha
"If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a different kind of feel than Billy's songs."
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"I don't think there is much American music."
Harrison Birtwistle
"I don't think there is much American music."
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