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Music Journalist Inspirational Quotes (893)

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There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop.
David Byrne
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Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.
Geoff Dyer
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I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.
Raquel Cepeda
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Amanda Petrusich’s fascinating and insightful journey into the arcane netherworld of 78 records and its bring-‘em-back-alive collectors brims with the joy and passion of discovery, along with a heartfelt affection for those who keep alight the flame of our musical heritage.
Lenny Kaye
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Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment
Steve Albini
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Rich people will travel great distances to look at poor people.
David Byrne
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Now that is dangerous, when the people don't know what's happening to their Constitution.
Nat Hentoff
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I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills, down to the bone and intense.
Jerry Wexler
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When we have learned something, there's this thing called belief perseverance. Having learned something, we tend to cling to that belief, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Daniel Levitin
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People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another. -Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel
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For so long I didn't have any kind of readership at all - I'd get published, but not read - the idea of writing for an audience is so anathema to me, it's never bothered me.
Geoff Dyer
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There is a lot of use of ProTools in professional studios, but this is mostly for the special effects it allows, not for sound quality. These special effects soon fall out of fashion, and I don't think this trend will define studios permanently
Steve Albini
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There's a sense of trajectories that are extraordinary about a life like this. You can reconnect with people and go back to playing with them after years and years of not even knowing if they're alive.
David Toop
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Just as our taste in lovers is far more revealing than our choice of friends, the object of an artist's obsession can open up doors to their soul that might otherwise remain shut tight.
Vince Aletti
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Almost any decent cook will make food by eye and taste. Virtually all of my family cooked that way.
Steve Albini
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I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.
Studs Terkel
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All professionals, whether physicists, economists or musicians, live by and for peer judgment, even when they are being paid by people who cannot tell the difference.
Eric Hobsbawm
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You end up becoming who you are by jumping into that circle of fear - that's how it's done.
Paula Abdul
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It's very unique. When you have someone who's lucky to get a minute in a game come up and tell you how you can be better when he's two years older than you, it's such a selfless act. Everyone is willing to tell you how to get better.
Christopher Page
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Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park - no, I don't wear the dreaded helmet then.
David Byrne
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I'm more interested in the meanings and the bands that fill up the spaces known as new wave and post punk.
Martin Popoff
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If you are lying down to give birth, gravity is not helping you. You know, you stand up and, you know, a baby will basically kind of fall out of you, if you keep walking 'round.
Caitlin Moran
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We can be skeptical, suitably skeptical, and we can trust news outlets, some more than others.
Daniel Levitin
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A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes.
Caitlin Moran
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