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"1041 Music Quotes

I think when you translate songs, you lose the real essence and the meaning.

Essence I Think Lose Meaning
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I sang in English my whole life; I just happened to decide that I had a passion for Latin music, and I wanted to jump into Latin music first.

Decide English First Had
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Every time I collaborate with an artist, I want to surprise fans. I want to do something new.

Artist Collaborate Every Every Time
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I grew up listening to a lot of Usher at 13 and 14. I have every Usher album that ever existed. So I grew up listening to a lot of Usher, Michael Jackson, Luis Miguel, a lot of pioneers in Latin music.

Album Ever Every Existed
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I just want to bring the people good music.
Bring Good Good Music Just
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I love hip-hop, R&B, techno and Latin.

Hip-Hop I Love Latin Love
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My intent is never to leave Latin music. I definitely still want to release bachata albums.

Albums Definitely Intent Latin
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As a Latin musician, I understand that there are so many places where people don't know who I am. My albums never came out in Australia or Japan.

Albums Am Australia Came
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I sang everything - R&B slow jams, Spanish slow jams, romantic reggaeton - and I really didn't care which I got signed for.

Care Everything Got Really
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Bachata is expensive to produce because of all of the instruments.

Because Expensive Instruments Produce
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In Spanish, for whatever reason, I lean more toward the high notes.

High Lean More Reason
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When I hear the songs 'Dangerous' or 'End of My World', I go, 'Wow, I didn't even know I could go that low!' And when I played them for my family, they said, 'That doesn't even sound like you.'

Could Dangerous End Even
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You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.

Album Beat Get Know
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Rock and roll is - and should be - a kid's place.

Kid Place Rock Roll
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It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.

Album Artwork Behind Collaborating
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I'm older than I was, and I'm still washed-up, and I haven't changed my music one iota. It's just much easier to do this when people are being nice to you.

Being BeingNice Changed Easier
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Maybe this is wrong, but I feel like I craft my songs carefully enough that I still find that fifteen years after having written one, it still works for me - I'm not cringing.

After Carefully Craft Enough
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The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point

Back Because Find Get
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But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's the center of it, that is it. It's almost like there's something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you're a songwriter that sings your material.

About Almost Any Back
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I'm not really a strange person or anything, so if there's music I like, usually there's other people who like it too.
Anything Like Music Other
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There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.
Art Happen Inspired Music
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The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song.

Any ISee Melody Only
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My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that's the right song to not fight the lyric.

Fight Figure Job Lyric
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Dancing inspires my music. Having your girlfriends all together and just being free and happy.

Being Dancing Free Girlfriends
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I never saw myself as a singer; I never really thought I had the voice for it.

Had Myself Never Really
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I don't want to be that girl who has that same style all the time where the music always sounds exactly the same, and you always know it's her.

Always Exactly ExactlyTheSame Girl
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But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time.

About Artists Bringing City
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I'm in the studio for hours in that tiny little box, and really, the performing part is what I'm most excited about.

About Box Excited Hours
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I don't have to put out another rap record. I can do it at my casual pace.

Another Casual I Can Out
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The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.

Against Beach Come Crash
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Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know.

Always Arenas Cut Done
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If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.
Rapper Rapping Really Stop
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Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing.

Action Actor Aspect Chance
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Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a little bit.

Always Bit Easy Evolving
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Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.

Am Embracing Everybody Happy
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My dream artist to play at prom would be Frank Ocean. 'Thinking Of You' is one of my favorite songs. He makes really sweet music for slow dancing at prom.

Artist Ancing Dream Favorite
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I like 'As Long As You Love Me' and 'Boyfriend' by Justin Bieber. It gets you moving - you just can't help it! And 'Teach Me How To Dougie' gets Zendaya and I every time.

Boyfriend Every EveryTime Gets
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.

Acting Choose Chosen Fortunate
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Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with my music. I want to earn my stripes.

Actor Any Cringe Earn
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I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.

Buried Connected Hip Hop I Think
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Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?

Tour Dies Junior Years
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I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.

Get Like Me More
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A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.

About Actually Business Hardcore
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I was a kid watching music videos, which were so cool and made me want to learn how to dance. I wish I could've gone to dance classes and learn, like, hip-hop dancing.

Classes Cool Dance Dance Classes
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I think music talks to you on an emotional level, regardless of where you're from. I guess I related to the tempo of rap, the aggressiveness.

Aggressiveness Emotional Emotional Level Guess
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I think most music provides the same messages - whether it be 'I'm unhappy' or 'I love a girl.' I just liked the package of rap music.

Girl I Love I Think Just
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I think that music is still art, even if it's commercialised.
Art Even I Think Music
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If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics.

Across Feeling Gets Gift
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.

Actor Author Burden Combine
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Studios are like hospitals. A lot of people check in, and they don't check out.

Check Hospitals Like Lot
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