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Some
of my Favorite Quotes
From
Music and Musicians
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| Quotes
from Music |
| But
when you talk about destruction, don't you know that you can
count me out. ~ Revolution 1 by The Beatles |
| All
you need is love, love. Love is all you need. ~ The Beatles |
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And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
~ The End by The Beatles |
| There's
nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. ~
John Lennon |
| Living
is easy with eyes closed. ~
John Lennon |
| Swallow
your pride, you will not die, it's not poison. ~
Bob Dylan |
| What's
so funny about peace, love and understanding? ~ Elvis Costello
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| Walk
on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk
alone; you'll never walk alone. ~ From Carousel by Oscar
Hammerstein II |
| Emancipate
yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free
our minds. ~ Redemption Song by Bob Marley |
| With
our love, we could save the world. ~ Within You Without You
by George Harrison |
| You
may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday
you'll join us, and the world will be as one. ~ Imagine
by John Lennon. |
| One
thing I can tell you is you have to be free. Come together,
right now, over me. Come Together by John Lennon |
| Quotes
from Musicians |
| If
someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche.. that's their
problem. Love and peace are eternal. ~
John Lennon |
| A
dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together
is reality. ~
John Lennon |
| Creativity
is a gift. It doesn't come through if the air is cluttered.
~ John Lennon |
| The
Who got paid 4000 pounds during those days, but we always smashed
our equipment that cost more than 5000 pounds ~ Pete Townsend |
| There's
no such thing as an original sin. ~
Elvis |
| Writing
about music is like dancing about architecture. ~
Elvis Costello |
| The
radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize
the way that you feel. ~ Elvis
Costello |
| Oh,
I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused.~ Elvis Costello |
| Time
you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. ~
John Lennon |
| Constantly
choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. ~ Jerry
Garcia |
| Animation
is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs.
~ Sir Paul McCartney |
| If
everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then
there'd be peace. ~ John Lennon |
| Truth
is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music
is the best. ~ Frank Zappa |
| If
you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education,
go to the library. ~ Frank Zappa |
| We're
not into music. We're into chaos. ~ Steve Jones/The Sex Pistols |
| Animation
is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs.
~ Sir Paul McCartney |
| Essentially,
I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is
one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the reasons I'm
attracted to people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Christ,
to pacifism, is because naturally, I'm the guy that would not
turn the other cheek - but, when people see you're attracted
to that, they think you are that." ~ Bono, Rolling Stone,
May 7, 1987 |
| All
Townshend cared about was the music." The music industry
could use more people like Pete Townshend who are concerned
with good songs, not just good demographics. He has been making
sure the kids are all right since you were in diapers, but he
never manipulated them. ~ Patrick Marsh, Rolling Stone,
July 2, 1987 |
| Do
you realize why is it I'm so driven to operate within the Establishment?
It's vengeance. 'Hope I die before I get old' is something I
still have to live with, but not for the reason many people
think. I have to be very, very vigilant not to become one of
those people I despised. ~ Peter Townsend, Rolling Stone |
| Life
is what happens while you are making other plans. ~ John Lennon
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| A
dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together
is reality. ~ John Lennon |
| When
the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will
know peace. ~ Jimi Hendrix |
| They
said they'd make me chose between a Hitler mustache and buckteeth,
and I can't rock either of those looks. ~ Glee |
| War
is over, if you want it. ~ a full page ad in the Sunday New
York Times by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| Reality
leaves a lot to the imagination. ~ John Lennon |
| The
more I see the less I know for sure. ~ John Lennon |
| I
don't believe in Beatles. ~ John Lennon |
| My
role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and
express what we all feel. ~ John Lennon |
| Learning
to read music in Braille & play by ear helped me develop
a [very] good memory. ~ Ray Charles |
| Quotes
About Music |
| There's
no equivalent to Mozart in writing. ~
Fran Lebowitz |
| Pay
no attention to critics. There's never been a statue erected
in honor of a critic. ~ Sibelius |
| I
believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities
rather than by marketing strategies. ~ Elvis Costello |
| Music
is the shorthand of emotion. ~ Leo
Nikolaevich Tolstoy |
| If
you don't want anyone to know anything about you, don't write
anything. ~ Pete Townsend |
