I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.

I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest rock group, which I'm sure is exciting to some people, but it neglects a huge area of music... view

By: George Crumb

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Music is meant to be a beautiful thing... view

By: Chuck Mangione

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If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music... view

By: Buck Owens

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Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play... view

By: Jon English

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People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas... view

By: Bob Dylan

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For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying. You need to hear what you're writing, and for that you need silence... view

By: Philip Pullman

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My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records I could so I could research the music... view

By: Steve Cropper

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I expect the audience to come up to my level. I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass... view

By: Don Ellis

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People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts... view

By: Paul Hindemith

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I hope we can keep doing it this way - making music and art that are pure products of our influences while not really having to let the whole celebrity side of it get in the way. Then maybe more virtual bands will come out and do the same thing... view

By: Damon Albarn

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I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap... view

By: Sting

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The Beach Boys are not a superstar group. The music is the superstar of the group... view

By: Dennis Wilson

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