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“Pong had mutated into large stand-up Sega consoles by '82 and here was some extra revenue the guys were well up for.… — Tony Wilson Copy Share Image
Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
Headbangers' are people who like heavy-metal music, which is performed by skinny men with huge hair who stomp around the stage, striking… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
There was our father, the heart we knew held all of us. Held us heavily and desperately, the doors of his heart… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
All writers, musicians, artists, choreographers/dancers, etc., work with the stuff of their experiences. It's the translation of it, the conversion of it,… — Toni Cade Bambara Copy Share Image
Black Eyed Peas music appealed to everybody and that's why we incorporated EDM influences, dance influences, house influences, and we mashed it… — Taboo Copy Share Image
For me, I don't really feel like I have any particular main influences or artists that I pull from; it's more of… — Tei Shi Copy Share Image
Painting doesn't have a function, not in the way that music or film does... I mean, you can dance to music. Music… — Peter Doig Copy Share Image
That’s why I make music. When I listen to my favorite music made by other people, that’s what it does to me.… — Moby Copy Share Image
Music and comedy are so linked. The rhythm of comedy is connected to the rhythm of music. They’re both about creating tension… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
To be honest, I would probably rather spend, like, a month in prison than spend a month rehearsing with some musicians, metalheads.… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
The only time we actually even think about our music is in interviews. We have to explain why we do what we… — Cedric Bixler-Zavala Copy Share Image
When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in… — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
As a musician, I feel quite powerless when it comes to anything to do with climate change, politics, and world issues. When… — Raye Copy Share Image
I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old, gospel music felt familiar, like I had heard it in the womb… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
You want to be taken seriously as an artist and not just known as 'that girl wrestler who sings.' So you want… — Mickie James Copy Share Image
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An entire generation of talented people - engineers, artists, scriptwriters, musicians, programmers - have been busy creating a whole new art form… — Ralph H. Baer Copy Share Image
I never thought we were a country band in the first place. I think we've gotten ourselves into a place where we… — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
A few things I've noticed about myself as a listener, and the music that I relate to and the music that's continued… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
White people couldn't do black music back in the day because they weren't funky or bad enough. They weren't from the ghettoes,… — Narada Michael Walden Copy Share Image
I came from being a singer going into jazz. And that's one of the things that polio did for me is it… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to… — J. Robbins Copy Share Image
Composers are influenced by all the important music in their lives - and I suppose that since radio started playing popular music,… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
So what I'm trying to say is from a musical aspect for anybody to say that whatever they're doing in Florida is… — Grandmaster Flash Copy Share Image
Mom did not want me to have anything to do with playing music. Being from a middle-class Black family in that particular… — Don Alias Copy Share Image
“Yeah', said Fats. 'Fucking and dying. That's it, innit? Fucking and dying. That's life.' 'Trying to get a fuck and trying not… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Britain, as a pop music nation, used to have this very 'empire' kind of attitude. We used to 'invade' the world with… — James Dean Bradfield Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs are pretty unmasked. If you listen to "As Cool As I Am," it's not all that different… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
Personally, I've realized that the tradition I thought of as too safe, too pretty, and too conventional is the space where women… — Ann Powers Copy Share Image
Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves. What human… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
My relationship with my brothers... it's almost weird. We've never fought, we finish each other's sentences, but not in a creepy way.… — Porter Robinson Copy Share Image
No disrespect to people that don't use music theory or don't know it. It does help to be able to figure out… — Mike Dean Copy Share Image
I still prefer to hear [Bob] Dylan acoustic, some of his electric songs are absolutely great. Electric music is the vernacular of… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“Holy spirits, you walk up there in the light, on soft earth. Shining god-like breezes touch upon you gently, as a woman's… — Friedrich Holderlin Copy Share Image
The music is one of the beautiful things that has survived the Castro regime. I have played for audiences all over the… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
![“Yeah', said Fats. 'Fucking and dying. That's it, innit? Fucking and dying. That's life.' 'Trying to get a fuck and trying not to die.' 'Or trying to die', said Fats. 'Some people. Risking it.' 'Yeah, Risking it.' [...] 'Ans music', said Andrew quietly, watching the blue smoke hanging beneath the…” quote by J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/85a/j-k-rowling-2-683_death_yeah-said-fats-fucking-and-dying-that-s_462447.jpg)
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