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title: "11 Music Requires Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Music requires a lot of attention and concentration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahat-fateh-ali-khan/music-requires-a-lot-of-attention-and-concentration/)

[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahat-fateh-ali-khan/)

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> [Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-brown/music-it-requires-more-than-brawn-it-requires-a-lot-of-heart-you/)

[James Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-brown/)

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> [I suppose that's why new music and I go well together, because new music often requires maintaining great rhythm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-josefowicz/i-suppose-that-s-why-new-music-and-i-go-well-together-because-new/)

[Leila Josefowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-josefowicz/)

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> [You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-bocelli/you-have-to-have-great-passion-because-to-sing-operatic-music/)

[Andrea Bocelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-bocelli/)

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> [We think of speaking as something we do naturally, without any effort. But like playing music, it requires attention and knowledge and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-zeldin/we-think-of-speaking-as-something-we-do-naturally-without-any-effort/)

[Theodore Zeldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-zeldin/)

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> [Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/questlove/classical-music-requires-an-immense-amount-of-concentration-and-i-don/)

[Questlove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/questlove/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/questlove-8011_amount_classical-music-requires-an-immense-amou_3208268.jpg)

> [If you can make the best music ever but it requires bringing in a few different perspectives, I'd rather make the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-dukes/if-you-can-make-the-best-music-ever-but-it-requires-bringing-in-a-few/)

[Frank Dukes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-dukes/)

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> [If you love music and it requires hours of practice that can be boring, you can survive the boredom, you're not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/if-you-love-music-and-it-requires-hours-of-practice-that-can-be/)

[Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/)

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> [I don't get a rush from anything. I did music as hard as I could. Acting for me at least, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/i-don-t-get-a-rush-from-anything-i-did-music-as-hard-as-i-could/)

[Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/)

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> [I would love to see music reinstated as an essential part of schooling. The culture that it brings; the knowledge that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-carson/i-would-love-to-see-music-reinstated-as-an-essential-part-of/)

[Benjamin Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-carson/)

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> [“Music requires a particular type of education which is simply not given to most people. And, as a result, it’s set further…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-w-said/music-requires-a-particular-type-of-education-which-is-simply-not/)

[Edward W. Said](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-w-said/)

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