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title: "11 Music Festivals Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-bryars/the-academic-area-of-new-music-or-modern-music-festivals-is-not/)

[Gavin Bryars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-bryars/)

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> [I love going to football matches, the skate park, and music festivals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooklyn-beckham/i-love-going-to-football-matches-the-skate-park-and-music-festivals/)

[Brooklyn Beckham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooklyn-beckham/)

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> [I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beyonce-knowles/i-discovered-after-going-to-music-festivals-that-i-am-a-rock-fan-i/)

[Beyonce Knowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beyonce-knowles/)

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> [I go to music festivals, and people want to talk to me about racism. I'm like, 'Bro, I'm trying to have fun!'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kaluuya/i-go-to-music-festivals-and-people-want-to-talk-to-me-about-racism-i/)

[Daniel Kaluuya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kaluuya/)

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> [I love being in public places, but I can't stand long, drawn-out music festivals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lamorne-morris/i-love-being-in-public-places-but-i-can-t-stand-long-drawn-out-music/)

[Lamorne Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lamorne-morris/)

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> [I don't go to regular music festivals because I tend to run in the opposite direction wherever there's big crowds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheryl-lee/i-don-t-go-to-regular-music-festivals-because-i-tend-to-run-in-the/)

[Sheryl Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheryl-lee/)

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> [Music festivals are coming up everywhere in India, and that is the only way to go ahead. People are exposed to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shankar-mahadevan/music-festivals-are-coming-up-everywhere-in-india-and-that-is-the/)

[Shankar Mahadevan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shankar-mahadevan/)

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> [You feel like half of your life is a vacation when you go to these Barcelona music festivals and have all day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/you-feel-like-half-of-your-life-is-a-vacation-when-you-go-to-these/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

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> [We already knew that Glastonbury is one of the largest music festivals. We always wanted to perform here, and it's like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzuka-nakamoto/we-already-knew-that-glastonbury-is-one-of-the-largest-music/)

[Suzuka Nakamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzuka-nakamoto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/suzuka-nakamoto-9712_always_we-already-knew-that-glastonbury-is-one_211060.jpg)

> [After years of touring you experience music festivals that are mostly the same - where you copy and paste the same experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-dessner/after-years-of-touring-you-experience-music-festivals-that-are-mostly/)

[Aaron Dessner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-dessner/)

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> [“In itself that music festival was nothing special, these music festivals in our country are all alike, performing a most useful function…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bernhard/in-itself-that-music-festival-was-nothing-special-these-music/)

[Thomas Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bernhard/)

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