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title: "10 Percent Music Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Percent Music quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Percent Music sayings and thoughts."
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> [Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sanborn/ninety-nine-percent-of-the-music-that-was-of-any-interest-to-me-when/)

[David Sanborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sanborn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/david-sanborn-13730_black_ninety-nine-percent-of-the-music-that-wa_2270735.jpg)

> [I don't think people realize that I produce like 90 percent of all my music, except for the songs that I co-produce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javale-mcgee/i-don-t-think-people-realize-that-i-produce-like-90-percent-of-all-my/)

[JaVale McGee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javale-mcgee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/javale-mcgee-5750_like_i-don-t-think-people-realize-that-i-prod_442765.jpg)

> [It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/it-was-100-percent-music-there-was-no-ego-involved-no-attitudes-no/)

[Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/lee-konitz-21497_attitudes_it-was-100-percent-music-there-was-no-eg_3059681.jpg)

> [I mean, if you turn on the radio, love is 90 percent of the music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enrique-iglesias/i-mean-if-you-turn-on-the-radio-love-is-90-percent-of-the-music/)

[Enrique Iglesias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enrique-iglesias/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/enrique-iglesias-4997_love_i-mean-if-you-turn-on-the-radio-love-is_2213380.png)

> [I make 99 percent of my music sitting down, in boxers, when I'm comfortable in my computer chair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/partynextdoor/i-make-99-percent-of-my-music-sitting-down-in-boxers-when-i-m/)

[PartyNextDoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/partynextdoor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/partynextdoor-12282_chair_i-make-99-percent-of-my-music-sitting-do_2957375.jpg)

> [The reality of my life is it's about 25 percent music, and everything else I do is so I can get that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-rogers/the-reality-of-my-life-is-it-s-about-25-percent-music-and-everything/)

[Maggie Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-rogers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/maggie-rogers-6211_every-second_the-reality-of-my-life-is-it-s-about-25_1583958.jpg)

> [Young people have decided they like to listen to music in a certain way, through ear buds, and that's fine with me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prince/young-people-have-decided-they-like-to-listen-to-music-in-a-certain/)

[Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prince/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/prince-1626_long_young-people-have-decided-they-like-to-l_3189569.jpg)

> [Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-glasper/jazz-is-like-a-big-secret-club-the-mainstream-media-doesn-t-pay-any/)

[Robert Glasper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-glasper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/robert-glasper-10147_attention_jazz-is-like-a-big-secret-club-the-mains_399826.png)

> [From the very beginning, we were all a hundred and ten percent about the music, from the very early days when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-kowalczyk/from-the-very-beginning-we-were-all-a-hundred-and-ten-percent-about/)

[Ed Kowalczyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-kowalczyk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/ed-kowalczyk-8908_beginning_from-the-very-beginning-we-were-all-a-hu_3209951.jpg)

> [Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/ninety-percent-of-all-music-is-always-crap-and-when-too-many-people/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/david-byrne-1206_band_ninety-percent-of-all-music-is-always-cr_451455.jpg)

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