#music

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic choices, in the way that I sing and write songs. I have always had that as part of my background and part of my influence when I am making music. ↗

— John Legend

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Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears. ↗

— John Legend

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To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired, and that's fun. ↗

— John Legend

#better #chance #confident #day #elevated

We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had. ↗

— John Legend

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Well, Jeff Buckley for me is one of the greatest singers I've ever heard. And the reason why is he has an amazing range, amazing emotional power in his voice. And the music he put around it also just had this passion and this soul to it and this spirit to it that very few artists have, and he passed at a very young age. ↗

— John Legend

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I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose music, and at the most advanced level. I had never studied such things as harmony. ↗

— Gyorgy Legeti

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But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it. ↗

— Lotte Lehmann

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The only film I ever made for money was something called 'Music From Another Room', which I really didn't like. ↗

— Jude Law

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If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing. ↗

— Jerome Lawrence

#cartoon #going #make #making #musical

You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#hard #idea #just #know #music