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Quotes about music
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There were always times throughout country music's entire history,when it fragmented off into different things. (Wopat Tom)
This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about. (Wopat Tom)
This record for the first time - feels like a record that really represents my whole entire life and instead of just a period of my life. And it is really kind of eye opening and it makes me feel really good to hear this record and hear all the years. (Wopat Tom)
Well, more than me saying to the rest of the country music industry there is not enough traditional country music - that is not necessarily the statement in truth. I think more so that I, me, missed it more than anything else. (Wopat Tom)
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All I do is play music and golf -- which one do you want me to give up? (Wopat Tom)
I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. (Wopat Tom)
[Those flamboyant stars, though, could end up being just a blip in a busy night. The three-hour show, Mr. Benson said, is going to be heavy on performances (23) and light on awards (9), with an emphasis on showing country music's influence on other genres and on New York artists. Mr. Benson said he was particularly looking forward to a pairing of Willie Nelson and Paul Simon; before they present the song-of-the-year award, Mr. Simon will sing Mr. Nelson's] Crazy, ... Still Crazy After All These Years. (Wopat Tom)
He's got to be there. He belongs there as much as anybody else. He's done as much as any of us to progress country music and let it be heard around the world and give it the respect it deserves. (Wopat Tom)
I loved her dearly and will miss her. And I'm glad that the music came out while she could still enjoy it. (Wopat Tom)
A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to. (Wopat Tom)
You all know I can play the guitar, you all know I can sing, but what you all forgot is these are all the beats that I come from. (Wopat Tom)
I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work. (Wopat Tom)
Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school-I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music. (Wopat Tom)
Our music is more rebel music. We do music for society, for humanity, to help and to heal. (Wopat Tom)
I went in to record the Philharmonic. I wrote down the parts, and I was inside the studio with 62 pieces outside the studio. They never saw my face or what I looked like. (Wopat Tom)
I'm going to do an all-guitar album because I've been playing since I was 13. My Caribbean style mixed with my rock style. I want to do a musicians' album-just the guitar talking with different melodies. (Wopat Tom)
I had to make this album. It was my therapy after losing my dad. If I didn't have music, I'd probably be strung-out somewhere. (Wopat Tom)
I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11. (Wopat Tom)
Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic. (Wopat Tom)
I specialize in lyrics and melodies. I'm good with themes. (Wopat Tom)
We try to bring a lot of live musicianship to the music. A lot of grooves. We're Caribbean; we from the islands. Out of the music industry, I'd say we're the Caribbean producers of the world. (Wopat Tom)
I picked up that whole vibe, and I'm moving toward the future with it: the vibe of Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Mayfield, that type of thing. Because I'm a musician. I think that my duty is to put out music. (Wopat Tom)
The way that we're moving forward toward music, it's all about using music together. We have hip-hop, we have rock, (but) all the kids now, we all listen to the same thing. If you're listening to rock, you're listening to rap. (Wopat Tom)
We're living in the modern age now. I call it the Year of the Matrix. Back in the day, you had these mixed-tape circuits where if you wanted to get (unreleased) music to your fans, you could go through DJs. Now all our fans have to do is go to their phones, and they'll be the first ones to hear something. And we're not talking about a ring tone here. We're talking about downloading a whole song, or a video. (Wopat Tom)
What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music. (Wopat Tom)
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