ISM’S TO LIVE BY

(Beach Fossils) Payseaur-isms to live by

“I love it. I’m open to constantly changing. I never want to do the same thing twice. I never want to make something that feels too much like something I’ve already done. When you’re writing by yourself, sometimes you can...
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Beck-isms to live by

“The cliche of what a rock star is – there’s something elitist about it. I never related to that. I’m an entertainer. I think of it as, you’re performing for people. It’s not a self-glorification thing.” – Beck...
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La Havas-isms to live by

“I love the music of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu and more recently the music of Laura Marling. All these women share a strength and a wisdom in their voices and music that really makes me want to make music...
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Crescenzo-isms to live by

“I think it’s a matter of people realizing that you’re never going to sell… it’s never going to be the thing where you have a ton of bands selling a million records. And, instead of concentrating just on sales or...
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Droste-isms to live by

“You can get a record and legally buy it for sometimes as low as six or seven dollars. I’m like, that is some mozzarella sticks at your local diner. Two years of work making an album, and seven dollars is...
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Gilmour-isms to live by

“I think I could walk into any music shop anywhere and with a guitar off the rack, a couple of basic pedals and an amp I could sound just like me. There’s no devices, customized or otherwise, that give me...
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Bowie-isms to live by

“Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it’s like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You’d better be prepared for doing a lot...
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Shankar-isms to live by

“I try to give to my music the spiritual quality, very deep in the soul, which does something even if you are not realizing it or analyzing it – that’s the duty of the music.” – Ravi Shankar...
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CONFUCIUS-ISMS TO LIVE BY

“If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, or if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.” – Confucius...
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