Music Quotes - Page 30

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can d... -Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

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This quote humorously praises Beethoven's musical genius while implying that his talents might not extend to other practical or worldly skills. It playfully elevates his musical abilities above all else.

All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the '70s sounds nothing like the stuff from the '80s, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the '90s. Who's to say what is and isn't a certain type of music?

I was in a bluegrass band. I made two records with a band called the SteelDrivers. They were nominated for two Grammys. I then I was in a rock band called the Junction Brothers; we made kind of '70s hard rock music.

One of the things about live music that's so incredibly important and can't be replaced and automated is the common focus of a room full of people having that human contact and being immersed in the sensory overload of a rock concert.

Together, we can nurture the talent of the future and bring the empowering force of music and the arts to a new generation.

Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.

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