Famous Quotes: Music

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.
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Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.
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One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.
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A lot of the music that you listen to now is because of the things that the Meters did, the Neville Brothers did, and they're there, the guys who invented those beats that the guys sample today. Such an enormous opportunity.
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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.
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I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.
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The different Ministries have to work more on the promotion of the country, to build Kosovo's public image. Concrete projects must be assembled, in order to activate our businessmen to have more contacts. We have to create a positive image about ourselves.
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People talk about mumblecore but I prefer bumblecore, hyper-realistic bee movies about how bees really are.
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Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.
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My mother and I were very close and even when I left home and came to London I would ring her every day. She was very proud of me and loved my celebrity. She would often come to shoots and TV shows with me.
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I love it when the left and when the president say, 'Don't try to impose your values on us, you folks who hold your Bibles in your hand and cling to your guns.' They have values too. Our values are based on religion, based on life. Their values are based on a religion of self.
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If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people.
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I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicianship and blending your voice.
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I'm very comfortable with how I look. I always have been. I think I look pretty good. There's nothing I want to change. I'm pretty happy with what I've got.
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There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience.
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Relief organizations both large and small are coordinating deliveries of food, clothing, water, and other basic necessities to those impacted by Katrina.
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In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.
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The car business is a lot like football. In football, you have to win once a week. In the car business, you have to win every day.
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An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.
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