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I had no interest in music. But now, music means everything to me. I have no words to explain how beautiful music… — Alan Walker Copy Share Image
I'm trying to prove everybody wrong whoever told me I couldn't make it. To all the haters who say I can't rap… — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
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I'm no longer beholden to the sacredness of the recorded song as some kind of ultimate standard by which every performance of… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
There is absolutely no single aspect of one's personality that is more important to develop than empathy, which is not a skill… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure to be… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I'm kind of like a folk singer mixed with soul, but I feel like if you really are a lover of hip-hop… — India Arie Copy Share Image
I didn't really get into underground comics, though I've liked some of what I've seen. Dame Darcy was very impressive to meet,… — Neil Farber Copy Share Image
Music is what is going to save me," "On the bad days, when I have to look at the cold, hard facts… — Phoebe Snow Copy Share Image
At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I… — James Iha Copy Share Image
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I think the sweet thing about my job, more than the music I sing, is that I come into some town and… — Greg Brown Copy Share Image
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Geoffrey Tozer's death is a national tragedy. For the Australian arts and Australian music, losing Tozer is like Canada having lost Glenn… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
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All through the kind of late '80s and '90s, every A&R record company man was saying, 'Now what we want is another… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
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If you make a suggestion and [musicians] don't know what you mean, you have to be able to do it yourself. I… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
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![“If you make a suggestion and [musicians] don't know what you mean, you have to be able to do it yourself. I often sit down on drums and show 'em just exactly what I want. And I do it and then say, "How do you do that?" It's because I know how it looks, I know what I want to hear, and I don't drop…” quote by Miles Davis](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/637/miles-davis-1842_able_if-you-make-a-suggestion-and-musicians-d_502009.jpg)
