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“A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet and sang with their whole body... Their music was so strong and expressive, it used to bring tears to my eyes.”

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Author:Mahalia Jackson

“We not only grew up on Be-Bop; Be-Bop raised us. For my generation, Be-Bop came on like a light bulb going flash behind the eyes.For us, it was not only an intellectual movement, but a way of life. We walked, dressed, and rapped Be-Bop.”

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Book:Airing Dirty Laundry

Source: Airing Dirty Laundry

“When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.”

Eye Music Listening Musician Ears Over You Listening To Music

Author:Jose Bergamin

“Debussy--A pretty girl with one blue eye and one brown one.”

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Author:H. L. Mencken

“Music is an extraordinary locksmith; it is so competent that it can open our soul's door even with closed eyes!”

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Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“I realize that artists can become fatigued from touring the world over, but if it's your first major tour, you've got to buckle down and do it, said Sami Jarroush, a music blogger for Consequence of Sound. Short of suffering from an actual medical emergency, saying you're going to stop performing so you can take a vacation isn't exactly going to make you look good in the eyes of however many fans you have left.”

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Author:Iggy Azalea

“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?”

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Author:John Lennon

“Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?”

Source: The Best of Bob Marley (Songbook)

“You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining.”

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Author:Joni Mitchell

“Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.”

“I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.”

Eye Music Ears Rock N Roll

Author:Adele

“Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.”

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Author:Stevie Wonder

“Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.”

People Trying Eye Today Music Records Music Is Sells Crap

Author:Neil Young

“Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes.”

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Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you.”

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Author:Sun Ra

“Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!”

Said Eye Music Magic His Eyes Here And Now Bedtime

Author:J. K. Rowling

“The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.”

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Author:John Coltrane

“Thank you for loving me For being my eyes When I couldn't see For parting my lips When I couldn?t breathe Thank you for loving me”

Eye Music Lips Breathe Parting Loving Me

Author:Jon Bon Jovi

“In this world we've created Where this place that we live in a blink of an eye the darkness slips in Love lights the world Unites the love that's for eternity.”

World Light Eye Music Darkness This World Eternity Slips Blink Blink Of An Eye

Author:Vanessa L. Williams

“Juanita found herself at Old Jeemy's radio station in a room she could have sworn was a laboratory where creatures with antennas in their heads, knobs for eyes, jagged arms, and dangly legs conducted experiments on the bodies of dead vocalists.”

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Author:Dan Jenkins