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I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.
— Ricky Jay
We are mosaics - pieces of light, love, history, stars
glued together with magic and music and words. — Anita Krishan
glued together with magic and music and words. — Anita Krishan
I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it.
— Tim Rice
In Jazz, like in America, the group works together toward a common cause with lots of room left for each individual to shine.
— Richie Gerber
History doesn't repeat itself, but it harmonizes, and what it usually makes is the devil's music.
— Stephen King
Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a minor form.
— Russell Smith
Music is part of history, and our history has lessons that cannot be separated from our greatest music.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me.
— John Darnielle
I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.
— Loretta Lynn
Take dance music: I like enough of it and its history to be able to say a word or two about this or that record, but I'm nobody's authority.
— John Darnielle
I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people.
— Dave Grohl
The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.
— Brian Eno
The history of a people are found in its songs.
— George Jellinek
History, like a badly constructed concert hall, has occasional dead spots where the music can't be heard.
— Archibald MacLeish
The history of music is nothing more than the history of art-music or classical music, the music that was commissioned by aristocrats.
— Frank Fairfield
People sing each other's songs and they cultivate standards. That's the reason why we have folk music and folk stories. History is told through song.
— Brandi Carlile
Van Morrison remains a singer who can be compared to no other in the history of modern popular music.
— Greil Marcus
I was a history major in school. I review the past a lot and think about music history and how culture unfolds.
— Bruce Pavitt
History's greatest composers world be rolling in their graves if they knew that their beautiful compositions were reduced to distorted hold music.
— Michael P. Naughton
I was reading everything under the sun from music history to feminist literature to Shakespeare, which is why I'm not a complete idiot at this time.
— Emilie Autumn
Now we're in an age of singles. It's actually always been more about singles for most of music history.
— Christopher Bollen
I don't know anything about the history of music.
— Sia Furler
Bob Geldof is a nauseating character. Band Aid was the most self-righteous platform ever in the history of popular music.
— Steven Morrissey
My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.
— Colin Farrell
I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the history of music.
— Smokey Robinson
There are pieces that in the history of music that also make me cry. I'm not ashamed to cry.
— Charlemagne Palestine
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music ... and of aviation.
— Tom Stoppard
The rise of salsa was such an important time in musical history, not just in Latin music but music in general, because these guys created a new sound.
— Jennifer Lopez
History's greatest composers would be appalled to hear their greatest works reduced to distorted hold music for businesses.
— Michael P. Naughton
Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.
— Christian Scott
I'm not giving up my history and what I've done in my music because I love it and I'm very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people.
— LL Cool J
Truth has a resonance to it that fills the cracks where falsehoods lie.
— Rick DeStefanis
I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasn't a big solo artist.
— Merry Clayton
Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.
— Dave Grohl
For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music.
— T Bone Burnett
Believe me when I say that some of the most amazing music in history was made on equipment that's not as good as what you own right now.
— Jol Dantzig
Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.
— Gracie Gold
I always wanted to try to be a teacher even before I was in the music business. I liked history, and good teachers made an impact on me.
— Billy Joel
I think folk music helps reinforce your sense of history. An old song makes you think of times gone by.
— Pete Seeger
I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.
— Eddi Reader
As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.
— Debbie Allen
Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
— Gavin Bryars