“I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today.”
— Buddy Rich
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“I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.”
— Amy Winehouse
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“I ended up becoming so self-conscious that my songs stopped being about my life and started being about what people thought of my music. And that was really bad.”
— Liz Phair
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“Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.”
— William Congreve
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“Music is always a commentary on society.”
— Frank Zappa
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“Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.”
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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“If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.”
— Quincy Jones
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“A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts.”
— Axel Munthe
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“I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing at his wedding reception came completely out of the blue. The fact that Kate and William knew the words to my songs was very touching.”
— Ellie Goulding
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“I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.”
— Sting
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“I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.”
— Christina Milian
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