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I took your name when I took those vows I meant 'em back then and I mean 'em right now. ↗

— The Band Perry

#music-lyrics #relationships #music

History doesn't repeat itself, but it harmonizes, and what it usually makes is the devil's music. ↗

— Stephen King

#time-travel #music

And lucky indeed is the writer who has grown up in Ireland, for the English spoken there is so amusing and musical. (“How to Write with Style”. Essay, 1985) ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#style #writer #writers-quotes #writing #music

I love the relationship that anyone has with music ... because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out. ... It's the best part of us probably ... ↗

— Nick Hornby

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The Zangiacomo band was not making music; it was simply murdering silence with a vulgar, ferocious energy. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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When it happens that I am more moved by the song than the thing which is sung, I confess that I sin in a manner deserving punishment ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

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Don't die with your music still in you. ↗

— Ryan Stone

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The Who got paid 4000 pounds during those days, but we always smashed our equipment that cost more than 5000 pounds. ↗

— Pete Townshend

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La música [...] fue una vía de escape. Todo lo demás estaba cambiando o llegaba a su fin, pero la música era un recurso vasto, infinito. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

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There is much more to playing the clavier than playing written music. Do you realize with accompanying there is often nothing written out but the bass line--the left hand? There might be a few notations as to a suggested harmony, but it is up to me to fill in the music, at the proper volume, style, and harmony for the soloist--often instantly. I've heard it said that Bach questioned wether the soloist or the accompanist deserves the greatest glory. ↗

— Nancy Moser

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