Best quotes by Common on Music

Checkout quotes by Common on Music

• ‟ It's our responsibility for the village to say, 'Hey we're going to create these programs,' whether it's sports, creative arts, music, we need some things to give young people positive things to do, and that's including jobs.

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• ‟ One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly.

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• ‟ Oh man, I love what the South brings as far as the soul, and I really have noticed from even the early days of listening to OutKast and Goodie Mob that Atlanta and the South has a diverse sound to it. You have bounce music. You have soulful musicians. You have artists with vocals who try to do different things.

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• ‟ I can only speak for myself - there were times when I just wasn't inspired by creating music.

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• ‟ I think you really have to remember what you loved about making music in the first place. Ultimately, people can be like, 'We've seen this dude in many movies,' but if they hear a song and they're feeling it, they can look past all the personal things and not hold it against you that you're also an actor.

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• ‟ Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I mean.

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• ‟ I believe that music is about making quality things, making quality art, and no matter who you decide to work with, you and that person have to come up with something special, come up with something that is excellent material, so whoever hears it and reviews it will like it.

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• ‟ After you make good, quality music, then it's your job to go out there and promote it and to market it and to get it out there to the people.

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