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“I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.”
“In my relationship with a young guy I was going with in a band - his name was Sylvester, and I think he had another little girl on the side - I told him, 'If you lose me, you're going to lose a goo...”
“Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.”
“It's glorious to be able to go onto the Internet and hear any kind of music anywhere, from anywhere, and get it instantly. But there's also something glorious about having a record with a sleeve an...”
“Dylan's relationship with Johnny Cash was the biggest influence on Nashville in my lifetime - they opened up country music.”
“Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there's no pomp and circumstance t...”
“My memory of my household is of one immersed in books and music. I have a very intimate relationship with Bengali literature, particularly Tagore, and my interest besides reading then was music.”
“When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience.”
“I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.”
“I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport.”
“I know that when I like music, when it touches my heart, that it will touch your heart, too. That, I think, is the secret to my success.”
“It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted to pull out was because I believe very much that the music industry as...”
“There's a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that's a bit blurred in my mind.”
“Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.”
“There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where poetry and song are distinguished. But poetry always rememb...”
“Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.”
“I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. That was my original mission.”
“The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.”
“When I was 18, I took a trip to Thailand with a friend. We stayed for a month. Bangkok was very raw for a teenager: there were no cellphones, no Internet, and the only music I had with me was this ...”
“Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.”
