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The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

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Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

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There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

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'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one. ↗

— Rick Allen

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The musicians one day are going to listen to me. ↗

— Joss Stone

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A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener. ↗

— Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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And it's a lot harder to hide with four musicians than it is with eight. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

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We're hotter when we don't give a damn. ↗

— Butch Walker

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Performers should realize they not only have to prepare themselves for concert purposes as far as memorizing their programs goes, but for the business of just walking out before the people …. It is important to play before an imaginary audience too. Before I play in public I very often play a program three or four times as though I were seated before a actual audience. ↗

— Leonard Rose

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Life isn’t about how popular you are, what boy or girl you’re dating or who you know. Life is about always being true to who you are and what you believe in. Never let anyone convince you that their way is better than your way. ↗

— Andy Biersack

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