Music Quotes - Page 4

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike.

I like music, I listened to all rappers; people li... -Lil Baby

I like music, I listened to all rappers; people like Jeezy, Yo Gotti, T.I.

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The speaker expresses an affinity for music, particularly rap, and mentions some of their favorite artists, including Jeezy, Yo Gotti, and T.I.

If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.

My dad is Dominican, my mother's Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you're cool.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

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Music is portrayed as a medium through which our emotions and inner states are translated into audible expressions, making feelings and moods tangible.

The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.

I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I ... -Anne Lamott

I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae.

I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

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Conducting music is seen as an art that involves skillfully managing the transitions between different sections and moments within a musical composition.

Keep doing what you do, and people that enjoy what... -Marvin Sapp

Keep doing what you do, and people that enjoy what you do are gonna buy your music and love on you.

I love traditional music. But in any culture around the world, there is the historic and cultural music and everything that's been passed down and passed down, and hopefully you take that, and then you take it, you know, the next distance, and then somebody else takes it the next distance.

I want to take Justin Bieber for a month and just lock him up in a cage where we sit and make music. He's one of the most successful people in the world, but his music could be so much tighter.

Nothing is written in stone. So don't prepare yourself for a long and lucrative career. You might die tomorrow. Your gold holdings might become dust. Just make the music you want to make now and enjoy it.

I associate colors with music, or music with color... -Ramin Djawadi

I associate colors with music, or music with colors.

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This quote conveys that the speaker perceives a strong connection between colors and music. They may experience synesthesia, a phenomenon where sensory perceptions, such as hearing music, trigger additional sensory experiences, such as seeing colors.

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.

Yoga is almost like music in a way; there's no end... -Sting

Yoga is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it.

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This quote draws a comparison between yoga and music, both having infinite depths and possibilities for exploration and growth.

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.

Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves... -Dick Dale

Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound.

I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing m... -LL Cool J

I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music.

In India, I have been called a 'destroyer.' But that is only because they mixed my identity as a performer and as a composer. As a composer I have tried everything, even electronic music and avant-garde. But as a performer I am, believe me, getting more classical and more orthodox, jealously protecting the heritage that I have learned.

My grandma's into music. My mom is a singer. Even my sister is a much better singer than I am. So you could say music runs in the family.

My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and th... -Ludwig van Beethoven

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

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This quote reflects the idea that music has a unique ability to connect the emotional and intellectual aspects of human experience. It serves as a bridge between the spiritual and the sensory realms.

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but ... -Bryan Ferry

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

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The speaker humorously reveals a desire to emulate the iconic musician Jimi Hendrix but acknowledges that they were unable to fully achieve that look or style.

If something happened where I couldn't write music anymore, it would kill me. It's not just a job. It's not just a hobby. It's why I get up in the morning.

I'm passionately involved in life: I love its change, its color, its movement. To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle.

Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.

One of my favorite things to do is to play music really loud and dance my butt off in the morning. I'll do it alone in my apartment. You can't have a bad day after that.

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