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title: "20 Idea Music Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Idea Music quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Idea Music sayings and thoughts."
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> [The whole idea of music, from the beginning of time, was for people to be happy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/the-whole-idea-of-music-from-the-beginning-of-time-was-for-people-to/)

[Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/)

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> [The idea of music coming from the Church is not new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-neville/the-idea-of-music-coming-from-the-church-is-not-new/)

[Morgan Neville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-neville/)

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> [The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-r-rahman/the-idea-of-music-is-to-liberate-the-listener-and-lead-him-to-a-frame/)

[A. R. Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-r-rahman/)

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> [Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-berlioz/love-cannot-express-the-idea-of-music-while-music-may-give-an-idea-of/)

[Hector Berlioz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-berlioz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/hector-berlioz-19504_idea_love-cannot-express-the-idea-of-music-wh_2860208.jpg)

> [My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-elgar/my-idea-is-that-there-is-music-in-the-air-music-all-around-us-the/)

[Edward Elgar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-elgar/)

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> [I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alasdair-maclean/i-do-like-that-idea-that-music-can-work-on-two-levels-and-you-only/)

[Alasdair MacLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alasdair-maclean/)

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> [I think I just liked the idea that I could make something, that I could communicate some sort of idea through music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-congleton/i-think-i-just-liked-the-idea-that-i-could-make-something-that-i/)

[John Congleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-congleton/)

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> [Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-crumb/perhaps-many-of-the-perplexing-problems-of-the-new-music-could-be-put/)

[George Crumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-crumb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/george-crumb-22081_ancient_perhaps-many-of-the-perplexing-problems_490995.png)

> [I got interested in the idea of music that could make itself, in a sense, in the mid 1960s really, when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-got-interested-in-the-idea-of-music-that-could-make-itself-in-a/)

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

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> [I didn't entertain the idea that my music would ever become available in any of the ways that I had previously known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nico-muhly/i-didn-t-entertain-the-idea-that-my-music-would-ever-become-available/)

[Nico Muhly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nico-muhly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/nico-muhly-28276_available_i-didn-t-entertain-the-idea-that-my-musi_3204433.jpg)

> [You have an entire generation of kids who grew up with the idea that music is something that you can download for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/you-have-an-entire-generation-of-kids-who-grew-up-with-the-idea-that/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

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> [One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-gabriel/one-thing-that-really-appeals-to-me-is-this-idea-of-music-being-a/)

[Peter Gabriel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-gabriel/)

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> [The idea that music is art has been something we advocated for years. And yet it doesn't receive the same treatment as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rza/the-idea-that-music-is-art-has-been-something-we-advocated-for-years/)

[RZA](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rza/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/rza-1981_art_the-idea-that-music-is-art-has-been-some_1752119.png)

> [I couldn't find a way to write music with numbers and rules and schedules. So I tried to forget the academic idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludovico-einaudi/i-couldn-t-find-a-way-to-write-music-with-numbers-and-rules-and/)

[Ludovico Einaudi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludovico-einaudi/)

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> [I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-holter/i-do-have-a-big-problem-with-the-idea-of-music-as-a-form-of/)

[Julia Holter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-holter/)

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> [It was my dad’s idea that music is supposed to be more than simply about entertainment and making a living, but about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ziggy-marley/it-was-my-dad-s-idea-that-music-is-supposed-to-be-more-than-simply/)

[Ziggy Marley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ziggy-marley/)

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> [The thing that I've always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/the-thing-that-i-ve-always-been-slightly-frustrated-with-was-that-the/)

[Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/yo-yo-ma-8612_cds_the-thing-that-i-ve-always-been-slightly_2446847.png)

> [I really like the idea of music when it has form and then sort of loses its form, or becomes noise, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-huizenga/i-really-like-the-idea-of-music-when-it-has-form-and-then-sort-of/)

[Kevin Huizenga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-huizenga/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/kevin-huizenga-83297_back-again_i-really-like-the-idea-of-music-when-it_2339925.jpg)

> [I'm always producing with the idea that the music is representing one person. That could play a factor in the intimacy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mills/i-m-always-producing-with-the-idea-that-the-music-is-representing-one/)

[Jeff Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mills/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/jeff-mills-40878_bus_i-m-always-producing-with-the-idea-that_2662872.jpg)

> [The idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I wouldn't work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mose-allison/the-idea-was-i-d-never-amount-to-anything-in-music-the-theme-there/)

[Mose Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mose-allison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/mose-allison-11837_amount_the-idea-was-i-d-never-amount-to-anythin_438630.jpg)

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