Today's Music Quotes

• After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

  Aldous Huxley

  Motivational, Music, Wisdom

  Music at Night (1931) p. 17

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• The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes", And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be "No."

  Aaron Copland

  Music, Art, Would Be

  What to Listen for in Music (1939) ch. 2

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• This whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, “Is there a meaning to music?” My answer to that would be, “Yes.” And “Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?” My answer to that would be, “No.”

  Aaron Copland

  Music, Jazz, States

  "What to Listen For in Music".

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• As for today's music, Nicki Minaj is killing it. She's an amazing artist.

  Neon Hitch

  Artist, Today, Killing

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I think the hymns give us a glimpse of the generations before us, and what was important to them at the time. Even though they are usually singing similiar messages that are in today's music, it is good to be reminded that the message of Christ is just as much relevant today as it was then.

  Bart Millard

  Thinking, Hymns, Giving

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• Call me a relic, call me what you will, say I'm old fashion, say I'm over the hill. Today's music ain't got the same soul, I like that old time rock and roll.

  Bob Seger

  Fashion, Rocks, Rock And Roll

  Bob Seger (2010). “Bob Seger - Guitar Chord Songbook”, p.62, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• That I can't relate to today's music or morals doesn't make either necessarily bad. Just different. I leave the judgements to others.

  Perry Como

  Judgement, Different, Today

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• I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics.

  George Crumb

  Diversity, Confusing, Style

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• My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today's music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved.

  Roberta Flack

  Anger, Today, Coalitions

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• And looking at today's music scene, I think it's cool that there are a lot of consumers and fans not limited by what radio and the record companies tell them to buy.

  Juice Newton

  Thinking, Fans, Records

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• Most of today's music is done electronically.

  Klaus Schulze

  Done, Today, Today's Music

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• After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands.

  Maynard James Keenan

  Band, Today, Stealing

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• I like to have songs with me that have substance. That's missing from a lot of today's music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what's it about? It's not empowering or helping anyone.

  Jennifer Hudson

  Song, Empowering, Missing

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