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Music Quotes
"It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music."
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"I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music."
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"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end."
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"Personally, I've found that the kind of thing that I like is going into somebody else's area and not playing their music but doing whatever I do in their area."
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"The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist."
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"A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy."
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"Describing Woodstock as the "big bang," I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played."
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"It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture.""
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"The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure and that is the rite of passage. I'm not really skilled in any other. Rock and roll itself can be described as music to accompany the rite of passage."
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"This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it."
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"The history of music is mortal, but the idiocy of the guitar is eternal."
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"Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy."
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"When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I felt I could feel the rhythm of the film better without music to influence me."
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"I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music."
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"Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that."
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"Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative."
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"I play music, I paint - these things come from your depths."
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"I think there's enough room in country music for everybody."
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"When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets."
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