10 Quotes by Haruki Murakami about music
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Kino enjoyed listening to whatever music he liked and reading books he'd been wanting to read. Like dry ground welcoming the rain, he let the solitude, silence, and loneliness soak in.
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The music world is where child prodigies go to die.
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Even so, there were times I saw freshness and beauty. I could smell the air, and I really loved rock 'n' roll. Tears were warm, and girls were beautiful, like dreams. I liked movie theaters, the darkness and intimacy, and I liked the deep, sad summer nights.
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Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.
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Opera lovers may be the narrowest people in the world.
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Listen to this, Nimit. Follow Coleman Hawkins' improvised lines very carefully. He is using them to tell us something. Pay very close attention. He is telling us the story of the free spirit that is doing everything it can to escape from within him. That same kind of spirit is inside me, inside you. There--you can hear it, I'm sure: the hot breath, the shivering heart. (Thailand)
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If I can draw you the right way, maybe you'll be able to see yourself through my eyes," I said, "If all goes well, of course.""That's why we needs pictures.""You're right--that's why we need pictures. Or literature, or music, or anything of that sort.
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Sunk back in his chair, eyes closed, lost in the music, a number of thoughts crossed his mind — mostly having to do with himself. But the more he thought about himself, the less reality his existence seemed to have.
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What do you mean, 'playing really creatively'? Can you give me an example?""Hmm, let's see ... you send the music deep enough into your heart so that it makes your body undergo a kind of a physical shift, and simultaneously the listener's body also undergoes the same kind of physical shift. It's giving birth to that kind of shared state. Probably.
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