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title: "8 Music Criticism Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [I gave up music criticism because of the increasingly obvious conflict of interest. I couldn't say anything bad about the records when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephin-merritt/i-gave-up-music-criticism-because-of-the-increasingly-obvious/)

[Stephin Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephin-merritt/)

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> [I got the writing bug in the fourth grade when a poem of mine was published in the school newspaper. Music criticism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-powers/i-got-the-writing-bug-in-the-fourth-grade-when-a-poem-of-mine-was/)

[Ann Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-powers/)

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> [I'm always very careful to make the distinction between music criticism and music journalism. A lot of people don't. But criticism doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-azerrad/i-m-always-very-careful-to-make-the-distinction-between-music/)

[Michael Azerrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-azerrad/)

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> [I did a lot of music criticism. I don't think much of it was any good. I think I wanted to show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-darnielle/i-did-a-lot-of-music-criticism-i-don-t-think-much-of-it-was-any-good/)

[John Darnielle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-darnielle/)

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> [I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-do-see-value-in-music-criticism-most-of-the-criticism-i-have/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

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> [I think that female musicians are constantly fighting an uphill battle in general. Even when I'm not writing heartbreak songs... the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marissa-nadler/i-think-that-female-musicians-are-constantly-fighting-an-uphill/)

[Marissa Nadler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marissa-nadler/)

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> [Music criticism should be to musicians what ornithology is to the birds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuja-wang/music-criticism-should-be-to-musicians-what-ornithology-is-to-the/)

[Yuja Wang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuja-wang/)

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> [Wine is similar to music in that it's a purely experiential realm, and it's a purely subjective practice. That's sort of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/wine-is-similar-to-music-in-that-it-s-a-purely-experiential-realm-and/)

[Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/)

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