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"When I create music, it's not just about the song. I have to visually see something in my head too."

— Missy Elliott

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"People don’t realize that artists are sensitive or that they have feelings."

"So always fight for yourself and believe in yourself and your vision."

"Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down."

"Because nobody knows your vision better than you do. Nobody can tell your story as you can. You have to live it."

"And it’s okay to say, ‘Hey, I’m not okay today.’ "

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The emphasis of study upon a particular aspect of music is in itself ideological because it contains implications about the music's value.

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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Thomas Carlyle Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827)

Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.

Eduard Hanslick

Above the pitch, out of tune, and off the hinges.

François Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532)

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