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title: "29 History Music Quotes by 28 authors"
description: "Browse 29 History Music quotes by 28 authors. Discover the best History Music sayings and thoughts."
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> [Aesthetically, I love the whole history of the music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/aesthetically-i-love-the-whole-history-of-the-music/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [There are pieces that in the history of music that also make me cry. I'm not ashamed to cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlemagne-palestine/there-are-pieces-that-in-the-history-of-music-that-also-make-me-cry-i/)

[Charlemagne Palestine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlemagne-palestine/)

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> [I don't know anything about the history of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sia-furler/i-don-t-know-anything-about-the-history-of-music/)

[Sia Furler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sia-furler/)

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> [The Beatles are the most credible band in the history of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-tedder/the-beatles-are-the-most-credible-band-in-the-history-of-music/)

[Ryan Tedder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-tedder/)

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> [It's very important to me that I at least know the history of the music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trombone-shorty/it-s-very-important-to-me-that-i-at-least-know-the-history-of-the/)

[Trombone Shorty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trombone-shorty/)

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> [I have such a personal life history with R&amp;B - it's the first music I remember hearing, and it feels like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giveon/i-have-such-a-personal-life-history-with-r-b-it-s-the-first-music-i/)

[Giveon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giveon/)

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> [The whole history of music has turned out to be something perfect. It's all come around. The music we did with Funkadelic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-clinton/the-whole-history-of-music-has-turned-out-to-be-something-perfect-it/)

[George Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-clinton/)

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> [Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-scott/man-i-mean-the-great-thing-about-playing-clubs-in-harlem-is-people/)

[Christian Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-scott/)

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> [I really don't know anything about music. I don't really listen to it. I don't know anything about the history of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sia/i-really-don-t-know-anything-about-music-i-don-t-really-listen-to-it/)

[Sia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sia/)

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> [I just want my music to measure up to. Part of it's just thinking about my place in history and how this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-legend/i-just-want-my-music-to-measure-up-to-part-of-it-s-just-thinking/)

[John Legend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-legend/)

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> [You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hearing the master pieces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-schumann/you-will-be-most-readily-cured-of-vanity-or-presumption-by-studying/)

[Robert Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-schumann/)

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> [I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/i-mean-if-beethoven-had-been-killed-in-a-plane-crash-at-twenty-two/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ll-cool-j/hip-hop-s-always-reached-out-to-kids-if-you-look-at-the-last-10-big/)

[LL Cool J](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ll-cool-j/)

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> [I wanted to be a film composer because I heard scores that could stand alone, from 'Vertigo' to 'Star Wars' to 'La…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-desplat/i-wanted-to-be-a-film-composer-because-i-heard-scores-that-could/)

[Alexandre Desplat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-desplat/)

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> [I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dizzy-gillespie/i-think-the-idea-is-now-for-blacks-to-write-about-the-history-of-our/)

[Dizzy Gillespie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dizzy-gillespie/)

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> [A lot of church music really inspired me. A lot of ancient music that's made for God. If you get really into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/weyes-blood/a-lot-of-church-music-really-inspired-me-a-lot-of-ancient-music-that/)

[Weyes Blood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/weyes-blood/)

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> [There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/there-s-an-institution-here-called-the-national-sound-archive-and/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

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> [Music endures and ages far better than books. Books, made of words, are unavoidably attached to ideas, events, conflict, and history, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/music-endures-and-ages-far-better-than-books-books-made-of-words-are/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

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> [People like Frank Zappa and Bryan Ferry knew we could pick and choose from the history of music, stick things together looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/people-like-frank-zappa-and-bryan-ferry-knew-we-could-pick-and-choose/)

[Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/)

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> [You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing. To be alive in America is to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/you-have-to-get-past-the-idea-that-music-has-to-be-one-thing-to-be/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

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> [Michael Jackson changed the format and history of music. His videos were films. He was the first who floated on the stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicky-jam/michael-jackson-changed-the-format-and-history-of-music-his-videos/)

[Nicky Jam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicky-jam/)

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> [The history of music is nothing more than the history of art-music or classical music, the music that was commissioned by aristocrats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-fairfield/the-history-of-music-is-nothing-more-than-the-history-of-art-music-or/)

[Frank Fairfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-fairfield/)

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> [People tend to forget that we tie our life history to music like the soundtrack to your life in many more ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-seagall/people-tend-to-forget-that-we-tie-our-life-history-to-music-like-the/)

[John Seagall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-seagall/)

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> [When I did the Abyssinian mass, I went through the whole history of the church music and the gospel music, even with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/when-i-did-the-abyssinian-mass-i-went-through-the-whole-history-of/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

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> [I think some of the best music throughout the actual history of music itself came from cultures where they're not really looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-bellion/i-think-some-of-the-best-music-throughout-the-actual-history-of-music/)

[Jon Bellion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-bellion/)

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> [So I did a program with the Recording Academy, the Grammy Museum. So pretty much they take, like, one hundred kids during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giveon/so-i-did-a-program-with-the-recording-academy-the-grammy-museum-so/)

[Giveon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giveon/)

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> [You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/you-need-the-past-as-a-guideline-the-history-of-music-is-a-good-basis/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

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> [The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-bronfman-jr/the-history-of-the-music-industry-is-inevitably-also-the-story-of-the/)

[Edgar Bronfman, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-bronfman-jr/)

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> [Because of the fashion, the young people don't have any access to the history of music, unless people like me revive it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-wyman/because-of-the-fashion-the-young-people-don-t-have-any-access-to-the/)

[Bill Wyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-wyman/)

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