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title: "21 Music Difficult Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Music Difficult quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Music Difficult sayings and thoughts."
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> [I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-sessions/i-have-sometimes-been-told-that-my-music-is-difficult-for-the-listener/)

[Roger Sessions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-sessions/)

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> [If you remove tone from music, you have something, but what? I find it difficult to call it music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamas-vasary/if-you-remove-tone-from-music-you-have-something-but-what-i-find-it/)

[Tamas Vasary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamas-vasary/)

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> [There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-barber/there-s-no-reason-music-should-be-difficult-for-an-audience-to/)

[Samuel Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-barber/)

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> [Today, there's so many different types of music out there that it's difficult to keep up. Things do change; it's only natural.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dusty-hill/today-there-s-so-many-different-types-of-music-out-there-that-it-s/)

[Dusty Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dusty-hill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/dusty-hill-7832_change_today-there-s-so-many-different-types-of_210185.jpg)

> [It's so easy to put music out that it's difficult to sift through stuff that I don't like to find stuff I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-hoppus/it-s-so-easy-to-put-music-out-that-it-s-difficult-to-sift-through/)

[Mark Hoppus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-hoppus/)

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> [I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-don-t-loathe-interviews-i-m-just-one-of-those-people-who-makes/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Especially in repetitive music, to make a long piece of music you have to be extremely skilled in your sleight of hand.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oneohtrix-point-never/especially-in-repetitive-music-to-make-a-long-piece-of-music-you-have/)

[Oneohtrix Point Never](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oneohtrix-point-never/)

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> [Arriving at a simple piece of music is a very difficult balance because, in being simple, you could easily be banal, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludovico-einaudi/arriving-at-a-simple-piece-of-music-is-a-very-difficult-balance/)

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

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> [I grew up on Bach and Beethoven and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-r-rahman/i-grew-up-on-bach-and-beethoven-and-now-i-m-listening-to-more-modern-2/)

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

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> [I grew up on Bach and Beethoven, and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-r-rahman/i-grew-up-on-bach-and-beethoven-and-now-i-m-listening-to-more-modern/)

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

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> [I think the whole question of meaning in music is difficult enough even if you hear me playing live right now in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/i-think-the-whole-question-of-meaning-in-music-is-difficult-enough/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/evan-parker-19596_different_i-think-the-whole-question-of-meaning-in_2881106.png)

> [Fogs are like dreams that feed the soul, and without their mysterious embrace, childhood, courtship, poetry and the composition of music become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/fogs-are-like-dreams-that-feed-the-soul-and-without-their-mysterious/)

[Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/)

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> [I think all kinds of music are being made. No one hears them. There's so much emphasis on a certain kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mirel-wagner/i-think-all-kinds-of-music-are-being-made-no-one-hears-them-there-s/)

[Mirel Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mirel-wagner/)

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> [I think that music is a very difficult art form in which to be avant-garde. When we sit down to listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-soderbergh/i-think-that-music-is-a-very-difficult-art-form-in-which-to-be-avant/)

[Steven Soderbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-soderbergh/)

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> [Usually I'm trying to get away from my discography. I don't think I could tear down everything I've done, the structures I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vanderslice/usually-i-m-trying-to-get-away-from-my-discography-i-don-t-think-i/)

[John Vanderslice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vanderslice/)

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> [I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taylor/i-m-often-surprised-by-classical-music-and-musicians-i-ve-met-a-large/)

[James Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-taylor/)

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> [I've found in composing that being simple and profound—having in-depthness in your music—is the most difficult thing to do. Anybody can write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-silver/i-ve-found-in-composing-that-being-simple-and-profound-having-in/)

[Horace Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-silver/)

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> [Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esperanza-spalding/anything-i-do-has-to-have-integrity-so-if-you-just-want-to-make-music/)

[Esperanza Spalding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esperanza-spalding/)

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> [It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-haydn/it-is-the-melody-which-is-the-charm-of-music-and-it-is-that-which-is/)

[Joseph Haydn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-haydn/)

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> [Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheri-l-dew/life-like-classical-music-is-full-of-difficult-passages-that-are/)

[Sheri L. Dew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheri-l-dew/)

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> [I listen to music all the time, and I just choose things I like, or things that I've not used before. Sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-mcgregor/i-listen-to-music-all-the-time-and-i-just-choose-things-i-like-or/)

[Wayne McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-mcgregor/)

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