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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music t

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. – Samuel Butler

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Always eat grapes downward — that is eat the best grapes first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last. If you eat the other way, you will not have a good grape in the lot. – Samuel Butler

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Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God. – Felix Mendelssohn

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I was never too keen on the British music press. Theyve called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didnt write our own songs. – Freddie Mercury

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My music must reflect whatevers going on in my mind, and my life needs to evolve for me to discover who it is Im becoming. – Shania Twain

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Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature. – Ravi Shankar

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