The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty. The more your musical experience, the easier it is to define for yourself what you like and what you don't like. American radio listeners, raised on a diet of _____ (fill in the blank), have experienced a musical universe so small they cannot begin to know what they like.
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Related If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse ... JOHN CAGE Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like... CAROL CHANNING Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT And as far as a team liking you, that's just how it is; either they like you or they don't. What you... MARCO COLEMAN Human is what he decides to be. ZAMAN ALI How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accen... CATE BLANCHETT If you think like a leader, act like a leader, inspire like a leader then you are a leader. DEBASISH MRIDHA You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS people dont know you till they meet you. dont smile if you dont want to, dont be a false person, don... CAROLINA JANETTE GOMEZ GONZALEZ We said to DPS, 'It sounds like you have a need, and we can fill it,' ... It turned out to be a win-... AMY TURNER We said to DPS, 'It sounds like you have a need, and we can fill it,' ... It turned out to be a win... AMY TURNER A smoke detector can only save lives if it has working batteries. Families, including small children... GWEN CARTER You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I feel like, when you turn on the radio and you hear a great song, you know it's a great song, a... KIESZA Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER I was asked the other day what it was like to become father? It’s a moments so raw and real that y... ROBBY SILK The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Who you know only gets you in the door; what you know gets you the keys to the house. GINA GREENLEE What's the difference between people who see and seek gaps and those that see and seek bridges? The ... RICHIE NORTON I write the last line, and then I write the line before that. I find myself writing backwards for a ... JOHN IRVING To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, a... ERIC IDLE You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... You know when you say 'street food' to an American, maybe it sounds like they are actually eating of... GREG DRESCHER You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... BEBE REXHA Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO Have the courage to do what you're not ready to do. RICHIE NORTON Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD Angels cry because they want to experience what you and I feel: the moment. They live in eternity. T... CARLOS SANTANA Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only t... MEISTER ECKHART The results of my work don't have much to do with me. I can only be in charge of producing the work ... ELIZABETH GILBERT I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to ... ESTHER DYSON If you have music that sounds like what you cover, people won't be able to differentiate who you... SAM TSUI You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues. CAROL PLUM-UCCI You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel. CAROL PLUM-UCCI Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they begin, you yourself begin all... WILLIAM SAROYAN What one promise do you need to claim? Find it. Don't give up. Cling to it. CRAIG GROESCHEL Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep. DEYTH BANGER The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blan... JAMES FENTON When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. CRAIG GROESCHEL Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kid... KURT VONNEGUT When you're listening to radio and hear the same 20 songs over and over and over, you want a bre... RANDY HOUSER You know what, I decide to do things based on what I want to do creatively. It just seemed like a fu... DEBORAH GIBSON The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis. CRAIG GROESCHEL All that the spider needs to complete its web is step taking ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about your... BERYL MARKHAM It is a bad musical, but, like a bad lay, a bad musical can still do its job perfectly well. ANDREW SEAN GREER Hypothetically, if the only choice you got is to do the wrong thing, then its not really a wrong thi... VLADIMIR LEM Life is what you make of it. You have to decide what you want in life. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful ... OPRAH WINFREY I... There was a time when I stopped talking. Just like you. My reasons were a little bit different,... NATSUKI TAKAYA I like the natural sound of a room. All the rooms have their own sound, so it's a matter of putting ... JEFF LYNNE Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Your ears love to hear, so speak to it SOTONYE ANGA When it's open and honest, that's when the real nature of who you are as a vocalist or as a ... ALISON KRAUSS Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... CRAIG GROESCHEL Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds an... Q-TIP If you're confused about what to do, it's a sign that your enemy is winning. TOBA BETA Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you... LISA KLEYPAS If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel yo... SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel yo... SAINT AUGUSTINE If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO If you don’t ask for what you want, you will most certainly not get it. But the first thing is to ... MARTHA LEE Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be... SANDRA K. COOK Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW Do not let the tears fool you. She lied and cheated once, she will again. Your call to continue with... TREVON CLARK I don't think man and woman should be compared, You don't compare things that complete one another. FAITH N. Those who want to hear from you will let you hear from them. TREVON CLARK I'll tell you what God did do. He sent Jesus to die on the cross so you could be saved. To forgive y... J.E.B. SPREDEMANN If you don't like it, learn to love it! RIC FLAIR Even if you don't know what it is you still like it. It's infectious and you find yourself tapping y... SARA KELLEY I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, 'This isn't true!' It is what... HARRY STYLES You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers alwa... RAY BRADBURY Dear Claire, "What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together... LISE FRIEDMAN Claire: Dear Claire, "What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them ... LISE FRIEDMAN I didn't even know what a beauty editor was. It sounds like a fictional job if you think about i... ZOE FOSTER BLAKE A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about... WARREN SPAHN At the end, what matters is that you tried SOTONYE ANGA The world is so constructed, that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you must also endure its pains... 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My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those ... AHMET ZAPPA I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My re... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but thin... AHMET ZAPPA The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do w... DWEEZIL ZAPPA We will have close to 3 months of rehearsals to learn about 30 songs. Frank usually rehearsed a band... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I would love to expose multiple younger generations to Frank's music. It's not an easy task ... DWEEZIL ZAPPA My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got ... AHMET ZAPPA I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they h... AHMET ZAPPA I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating. 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DWEEZIL ZAPPA And, you know, my dad would show me some things sometimes, but the best things that I got to do were... DWEEZIL ZAPPA For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melo... DWEEZIL ZAPPA Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal. DWEEZIL ZAPPA I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something lik... DWEEZIL ZAPPA It was spontaneously composed as I was playing it. And then I added a couple of other overdub textur... DWEEZIL ZAPPA Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music ... DWEEZIL ZAPPA Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guita... DWEEZIL ZAPPA While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing mus... 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