Arts, Media & Entertainment: Music Quotes

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"What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves"

Saul Williams, Musician

"The MC that we love are usually the ones that we consider be kinda heartless, like 50 Cent. That's pretty much the prowess and power of an MC. That's what sells"

Saul Williams, Musician

"The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community"

Saul Williams, Musician

"Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the 'black people's CNN.' Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased, and highly suspect"

Saul Williams, Musician

"Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness"

Saul Williams, Musician

"I privilege the music over the lyrics"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I also wanted to make a record that was about other things than romance, yeah, after two years on the road singing all the songs from the first album, I got kind of tired of that"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"This exploded in me: almost more music than I could consume"

Hoagy Carmichael, Composer

"Ragtime was my lullaby"

Hoagy Carmichael, Composer

"Happy music doesn't tend to move me much"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money"

Dennis Rodman, Athlete

"If I were to do this over, I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I signed to Def Jam, and within two months, I heard that Ja Rule was looking for someone to do a song with"

Christina Milian, Musician

"I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used to doing a show for an hour, so I was always learning choreography"

Christina Milian, Musician

"Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan, and you can really hear New York in his record"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I think, in a way, I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I actually am always a music first person"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about"

David Allan Coe, Musician

"I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial"

Hoagy Carmichael, Composer

"I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That's all I know"

Billie Holiday, Musician

"It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass"

Alvin Lee, Musician

"I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words"

Edith Piaf, Musician

"I mean, at the end of the day, when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I make the kind of music I like"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"But really important, perhaps most important, is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to hear"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"I've banged my head quite a bit. I liked Iron Maiden, Ozzy, AC/DC. And of course, Ratt and Poison"

Cameron Diaz, Actress

"You have to be a strong person to be in music, especially"

Christina Milian, Musician

"Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now"

Christina Milian, Musician

"Even if I don't have the money to take vocal lessons, I'll practice in the house by myself singing out loud"

Christina Milian, Musician

"I did a theatrical musical, Annie Warbucks, when I was 11. We did a tour and we stopped by Los Angeles"

Christina Milian, Musician

"It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music"

Christina Milian, Musician

"I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist"

Alvin Lee, Musician

"I just play to the people I can see. So it's almost like you are playing to the first few rows of the crowd. You can see the faces of the first hundred people, but then it becomes a blur as the crowds disappear over the hill"

Alvin Lee, Musician

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