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title: "1 Uplift People Quotes By Gary Wright"
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> [Music is an extremely powerful force if used properly to uplift people. I believe music should be uplifting and not downgrading... it's a very, very powerful tool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/music-is-an-extremely-powerful-force-if-used-properly-to-uplift/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

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## More by Gary Wright

> [I was the first artist, I think, to ever do an all-keyboard album. There were things that resembled it, like Stevie Wonder. A lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/i-was-the-first-artist-i-think-to-ever-do-an-all-keyboard-album-there/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/in-1972-george-harrison-invited-me-to-accompany-him-on-a-trip-to-india/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/no-one-likes-to-work-for-free-to-copy-an-artist-s-work-and-download/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [My voice hasn't changed really very much. I still do all my songs when I perform live and still do them in the original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/my-voice-hasn-t-changed-really-very-much-i-still-do-all-my-songs-when/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/my-music-and-lyrics-became-an-extension-of-this-indian-philosophy/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [India profoundly changed my outlook on life because you see how people can be content and very happy with little or even no possessions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/india-profoundly-changed-my-outlook-on-life-because-you-see-how/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/i-went-to-berlin-to-study-psychology-but-decided-that-i-was-more/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [Every artist usually has one or two songs that really define their careers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/every-artist-usually-has-one-or-two-songs-that-really-define-their/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [As a kid, I used to love to play baseball and be in Little League and sleep outside with my friends and do all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/as-a-kid-i-used-to-love-to-play-baseball-and-be-in-little-league-and/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative people, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/unfortunately-music-devolved-instead-of-evolved-the-music-business/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [Music is an extremely powerful force if used properly to uplift people. I believe music should be uplifting and not downgrading... it's a very,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/music-is-an-extremely-powerful-force-if-used-properly-to-uplift/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [When you have a lot of hits and your career starts to go down, but then your music starts to slowly go up again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/when-you-have-a-lot-of-hits-and-your-career-starts-to-go-down-but/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [My goal is really to continue to make music. I really don't make music to have platinum records and all that kind of stuff.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/my-goal-is-really-to-continue-to-make-music-i-really-don-t-make-music/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [It's kind of weird. You can have hits, but it's hard to sustain a career. I went through that period where I didn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/it-s-kind-of-weird-you-can-have-hits-but-it-s-hard-to-sustain-a/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

> [As far as a defining moment, that was a hugely successful and very busy time for me. 1975, 1976, 1977 - that whole time frame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-wright/as-far-as-a-defining-moment-that-was-a-hugely-successful-and-very/)

[Gary Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-wright/)

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