Music Quotes - Page 29

Music for me, it demands full concentration.

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The speaker views music as an art form that requires their complete focus and attention, emphasizing the immersive and intense experience of engaging with music.

God tells me how the music should sound, but you s... -Arturo Toscanini

God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way.

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The speaker perceives divine inspiration in their music, feeling guided by a higher power in shaping the music's direction, and suggests that others may obstruct this creative process.

If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty of minutiae, the scrimshaw of tiny and precise. The sky is your ocean, and the crystal silence will uplift you like great gospel music, or Neil Young.

A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not m... -Carl Jung

A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music.

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The quote distinguishes between a "scream," which is considered a mere noise, and true music, implying that music requires more than just loud sounds or expressions.

In memory everything seems to happen to music.

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The quote reflects on the nostalgic association between music and memories, where past events and experiences are often vividly recalled and linked to specific musical elements.

Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide.

Music - it's motivational and just makes you relax.

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Music serves two purposes: it can be a source of motivation, energizing individuals, and simultaneously provide relaxation, offering a soothing and calming effect.

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

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Music is regarded as a form of communication that transcends cultural and linguistic boundaries, making it a language that can be understood and appreciated by people from all walks of life.

But when you get music and words together, that ca... -Bryan Ferry

But when you get music and words together, that can be a very powerful thing.

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This quote underscores the combined impact of music and lyrics. It suggests that when music and words are harmoniously paired, they can create a powerful and emotionally resonant experience.

The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.

Jazz was the beginning of rhythm music, which developed into rock and roll. But what the jazz musicians lost because they were so far from their homeland was the intricate rhythms of African music.

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.

I don't listen to music. I very rarely listen to music. I only listen for information. I listen when a friend sends me a song or a new record.

Music is a safe kind of high.

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Music provides a euphoric and uplifting experience similar to a "high," offering an emotional escape and positive impact without any harmful side effects.

Live music is so powerful. You can really feel things that you will remember forever. I remember going to my first gig and I want to create that atmosphere for people.

Mathematics is the music of reason.

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Mathematics is likened to music in its capacity to convey a sense of order, harmony, and beauty, suggesting that mathematical concepts can be profoundly elegant and structured.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind. Music is love itself - it is the purest, most ethereal language of passion, showing in a thousand ways all possible changes of color and feeling; and though true in only a single instance, it yet can be understood by thousands of men - who all feel differently.

Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to... -Natalie Maines

Music is a personal preference. Everyone's free to connect and like whatever they want.

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Music taste is subjective and varies for each individual, and everyone has the freedom to connect with and enjoy the music they prefer without judgment or imposition.

In music, trends are always rising and fading in p... -Anthony Fantano

In music, trends are always rising and fading in popularity, but nostalgia never dies.

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Musical trends may come and go, but nostalgic elements from the past consistently hold appeal and remain significant to listeners.

For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I've done that all my life.

Whenever you put out music, you're just rolling the dice, and the nice thing with Spotify is they're willing to roll them with you.

Rock and roll is not just music, it is a way of li... -Anupam Roy

Rock and roll is not just music, it is a way of life, it has its own spirit.

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Rock and roll transcends being merely a musical genre; it embodies a lifestyle and carries a distinct and vibrant spirit. It often represents rebellion, freedom, and a unique cultural identity.

Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It's transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It's uplifting, it's encouraging, it's strengthening.

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pen... -Ice Cube

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

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The speaker expresses their love for music and describes it as a form of freedom that provides an outlet for releasing built-up frustration and emotions.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.'

But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time.

I happened to come along in the music business whe... -Elvis Presley

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.

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This quote reflects the speaker's entry into the music industry during a time without dominant musical trends. It suggests that their music is unique and independent of prevailing fads or popular movements.

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