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We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society.

Lester Bowie

Music

Society

Beginning

Importance

I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.

David Bowie

Music

Power

I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.

David Bowie

Music

Years

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time.

On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts.

David Bowie

Music

I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.

Nadia Boulanger

Music

I loved music, and in my ninth year at MIT, I decided to buy a hi-fi set. I figured that all I needed to do was look at the specifications. So I bought what looked like the best one, turned it on, and turned it off in five minutes, the sound was so poor.

Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after his "death," whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of the individual names or not. There is no such thing as death according to our view!

Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music.

I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.

Pat Boone

Music

People

Then the album created a tremendous furor and got me kicked off Christian television for two months, and then restored after they settled down and listened to the music and realized there was nothing wrong with it.

We all have such common ways to identify with each other, and I think when you approach music in that organic way, it's almost indescribable how it connects human to human and heart to heart.

Debby Boone

Music

Heart

Music can change the world because it can change people.

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.