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title: "19 Music Wrote Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Music Wrote quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Music Wrote sayings and thoughts."
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> [I accept all of the music that I wrote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/i-accept-all-of-the-music-that-i-wrote/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

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> [I started listening to music when I wrote when I had three sons at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-levine/i-started-listening-to-music-when-i-wrote-when-i-had-three-sons-at/)

[Philip Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-levine/)

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> [People ask what was the first piece of music I wrote. There was no first piece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rodney-bennett/people-ask-what-was-the-first-piece-of-music-i-wrote-there-was-no/)

[Richard Rodney Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rodney-bennett/)

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> [The music that I wrote and recorded is music that I really enjoy listening to. It's just dumb luck that a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-scholz/the-music-that-i-wrote-and-recorded-is-music-that-i-really-enjoy/)

[Tom Scholz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-scholz/)

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> [When I first started making music, I wrote the lyrics first, but now, because the music has got kind of wilder, I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perfume-genius/when-i-first-started-making-music-i-wrote-the-lyrics-first-but-now/)

[Perfume Genius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perfume-genius/)

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> [The music I wrote as a kid already was always instrumental. It was never based on lyrics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramin-djawadi/the-music-i-wrote-as-a-kid-already-was-always-instrumental-it-was/)

[Ramin Djawadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramin-djawadi/)

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> [I've played music since I was six, and I always wrote songs just for myself. I did it for fun, posting songs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soccer-mommy/i-ve-played-music-since-i-was-six-and-i-always-wrote-songs-just-for/)

[Soccer Mommy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soccer-mommy/)

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> [In college, I faced an interesting problem. I wanted to play music all the time and yet I wasn't ready for anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kina-grannis/in-college-i-faced-an-interesting-problem-i-wanted-to-play-music-all/)

[Kina Grannis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kina-grannis/)

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> [I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gin-wigmore/i-d-say-the-key-thing-is-to-remain-true-to-what-originally-got-you/)

[Gin Wigmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gin-wigmore/)

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> [With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-setzer/with-the-stray-cats-at-least-we-really-took-the-music-somewhere-else/)

[Brian Setzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-setzer/)

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> [The work of Liszt I most admire is the music he wrote toward the end of his life. This is often music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hersch/the-work-of-liszt-i-most-admire-is-the-music-he-wrote-toward-the-end/)

[Michael Hersch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hersch/)

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> [I didn't pretend that I was good at writing music, so I wrote terrible music, intentionally. As time went on, the terrible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c418/i-didn-t-pretend-that-i-was-good-at-writing-music-so-i-wrote-terrible/)

[C418](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c418/)

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> [I was criticized by some people for my first album because they said I was taking sacred music. They knew nothing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/i-was-criticized-by-some-people-for-my-first-album-because-they-said/)

[Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/)

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> [One of the earliest memories I have of feeling the power of film music was watching Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-zanelli/one-of-the-earliest-memories-i-have-of-feeling-the-power-of-film/)

[Geoff Zanelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-zanelli/)

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> [The fascination with the music stayed with me for years and I wanted to find out why I liked it so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregor-schwellenbach/the-fascination-with-the-music-stayed-with-me-for-years-and-i-wanted/)

[Gregor Schwellenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregor-schwellenbach/)

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> [I went out and started on my way up in television. I wrote music, I wrote books, I played an instrument half-ass.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-barris/i-went-out-and-started-on-my-way-up-in-television-i-wrote-music-i/)

[Chuck Barris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-barris/)

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> [I would say my relationships have always affected my music. Each one. I wrote most of my great songs, that I'm still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-mccall/i-would-say-my-relationships-have-always-affected-my-music-each-one-i/)

[Kevin McCall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-mccall/)

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> [I would sit at the organ and just start making up things by myself - I was maybe 7 years old, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramin-djawadi/i-would-sit-at-the-organ-and-just-start-making-up-things-by-myself-i/)

[Ramin Djawadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramin-djawadi/)

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> [“Even Mozart, perhaps the most gifted composer in history, developed and grew in his art. The music he wrote in his thirties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fritz/even-mozart-perhaps-the-most-gifted-composer-in-history-developed-and/)

[Robert Fritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fritz/)

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