“It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas.”
— David Byrne
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You listen to a piece of music
“You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something – it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that.”
— Nick Rhodes
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There are two means of refuge from
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
— Albert Schweitzer
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We tend to mistake music for the
“We tend to mistake music for the physical object.”
— David Byrne
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Hell is full of musical amateurs.
“Hell is full of musical amateurs.”
— George Bernard Shaw
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I can play punk rock, and I
“I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.”
— Travis Barker
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In these confused times, the role of
“In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical values that have always characterized our country and for which we have traditionally been honored and respected outside our shores.”
— Lorin Maazel
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There was this mountain village in Russia
“There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down.”
— Joni Mitchell
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Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations
“Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.”
— William Blake
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I hate talking about music, to tell
“I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.”
— Brian Eno
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You know, all my songs are relatives,
“You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.”
— David Coverdale
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