Musical Quotes - Page 34

• I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.

  Billy Sherwood

  Father, Leader, Musician

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• I heard there were two local guys in town doing songs and comedy so I thought I'd take a look....they took my breath away...with their music, comedy, and showmanship.... 'Dakaboom'.. is the genuine article! Two voices in perfect harmony, and with joyful abandon and humor, they take you on a magical, musical, modern day vaudeville tour!! Ben McLain and Paul Peglar are headed for stardom. They are unique, they are original, and they are known as 'Dakaboom.' Don't miss 'em 'cause you're in for a treat!

  Tommy Smothers

  Song, Unique, Two

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• Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.

  William Christopher Handy

  Falling In Love, Mind, World

  William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”

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• Nature endows us with the feeling that moves us in all our musical experiences; we might call her gift instinct.

  Jean-Philippe Rameau

  Moving, Feelings, Might

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• I look upon myself as a musical bricklayer with architectural aspirations.

  Robert Mayer

  Looks, Look Up, Bricklayers

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• Good girls like myself need subversion. Being solemn, I aspire to comedy. Being a novelist, I aspire to the musical. Being organized, I aspire to luminous chaos. Loving the power of grammar and the fine distinctions of language, I seek the part of the mind I didn't know was there, the part 'sheer,' 'no-manfathomed,' 'cliffs of fall.

  Janet Burroway

  Girl, Fall, Mind

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• The immoral profession of musical criticism must be abolished.

  Richard Wagner

  Music, Criticism, Immoral

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• Improvisation is the art of becoming sound. It is the only art in which a human being can and must become the music he or she is making. Improvisation is the only musical art which predicated entirely on human trust and love.

  Alvin Curran

  Music, Art, And Love

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• To make music means to express human intelligence by sonic means. This is intelligence in its broadest sense, which includes not only the peregrinations of pure logic but also the "logic" of emotions and intuition. My musical techniques, although often rigorous in their internal structure, leave many openings through which the most complex and mysterious factors of the intelligence may penetrate.

  Iannis Xenakis

  Music, Mean, Intuition

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• Well I had a musical background, but I still didn't know a lot about drums at the time.

  Caroline Corr

  Surfing, Backgrounds, Wells

  "Caroline Corr of The Corrs". Interview with Billy Amendola, www.moderndrummer.com.

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• Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Men, Deceit, Made

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• You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again. And though I run into artistic crises, they keep my life interesting.

  Max Roach

  Running, Book, Writing

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• I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really.

  Colin Greenwood

  Brother, Ends, Concerts

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We don't have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds.

  Anais Nin

  Feelings, Sound, Language

  The Diary of Anaïs Nin, February 1932.

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• In the theater, it's about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then moving on.

  Marcia Gay Harden

  Moving On, Moved On, Way

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• My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.

  Bobby McFerrin

  Parent, Influence, Musical Influence

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• Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of these individuals.

  John Conyers

  People, Generations, Looks

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• The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of

  Ednita Nazario

  Latin, Giving, Singers

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• Enclosure, upon its completion, was the record which represented the achievement of all the musical goals I had been aiming at for the previous 5 years. It was recorded simultaneously with Black Knights' Medieval Chamber, and as different as the two albums appear to be, they represent one investigative creative thought process. What I learned from one fed directly into the other. Enclosure is presently my last word on the musical statement which began with PBX.

  John Frusciante

  Years, Two, Knights

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• I believe I love my guitar more than the others love theirs. For John and Paul, songwriting is pretty important and guitar playing is a means to an end. While they're making up new tunes I can thoroughly enjoy myself just doodling around with a guitar for a whole evening. I'm fascinated by new sounds I can get from different instruments I try out. I'm not sure that makes me particularly musical. Just call me a guitar fanatic instead, and I'll be satisfied.

  George Harrison

  Believe, Mean, Guitar

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• The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.

  Eberhard Weber

  Business, Add, Records

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• If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.

  Eberhard Weber

  Stars, Thinking, Lucky

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• No rock and roll ensemble, however inspired, can deliver the kind of musical variety obtainable with the resources of 110 instruments.

  Nicholas Meyer

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Ensemble

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• As a composer seeking to remain anonymous I am shy of confessing my musical activity. This is intelligible enough. For others it is their chief business, the occupation and aim of life. For me it is a relaxation, a pastime which distracts me from my principal business, my professorship. I love my profession and my science. I love the Academy and my pupils, male and female, because to direct the work of young people, one must be close to them.

  Alexander Borodin

  People, Relaxation, Males

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• Fred Sturm has proven to be a great asset to the musical world as a teacher, composer and author. His gifts have enriched the musical life of all the people who have been fortunate enough to share his wisdom and musicality.

  Bob Brookmeyer

  Teacher, Musical Life, People

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