#music

We wanted to guide the musicians, so we could create our own sound. We would never let the band just go in and play the chord sheets. We were very focused on what we had in mind for these productions. ↗

— Lamont Dozier

#chord #could #create #focused #go

I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere. ↗

— Dr. Dre

#back #could #did #everybody #everywhere

Of course, we also have to play in concert halls. This is our dream when you are a musician - to play in a good, comfortable hall with a wonderful acoustic. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#also #comfortable #concert #course #dream

We all shared an admiration of Debussy both as a musician and as sort of an icon for the 20th century. It seemed like an interesting idea to go right back 100 years to find the source of some new ideas now. ↗

— Anne Dudley

#20th century #admiration #back #both #century

I also love Dido and Nelly Furtado and people who are really into their music like that. And I love Renee Zellweger. ↗

— Hilary Duff

#i #i love #into #like #love

So many schools are getting rid of music programs and it's really sad because I know that when I started singing and stuff it was something that I always wanted to do and I never believed in myself to be able to do it. ↗

— Hilary Duff

#always #because #believed #getting #i

I grew up with Al Jarreau. We had a band together and worked these places for three years when neither one of us knew we could make a living doing music. ↗

— George Duke

#band #could #doing #grew #had

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

— Hoagy Carmichael

#i #music #publisher #singing #song

I love to write, to sing, to make music. Not to act: I am horrible. ↗

— Kim Carnes

#am #horrible #i #i am #i love

I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century. ↗

— Alejo Carpentier

#about #accepted #already #being #century