Ken Hill quotes

The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another. (Ken Hill)
Music is an art form too. Sometimes other forms of art can be inspiring to the musician. View quote
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Childhood is a promise that is never kept. View quote
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Music is an art form. It is a way to wordlessly communicate. View quote
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Food is your body's fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down. View quote
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Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up. View quote
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The human voice sounds thicker with a chorus and reverb than a dry signal. View quote
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Sometimes I will click on a random sequence of notes- not to actually use it in a song, but to see if I can find maybe a simple pattern that I can build off of. View quote
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The most important thing is that you like the music. View quote
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If our main goal is to connect emotionally, we should want to have as many tools as we possibly can to achieve that goal. The more abilities that we have, the more choices we can make musically. View quote
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Music is about textures as well as melody. (Ken Hill)
Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally. View quote
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Sometime I write a song off a central idea, instead of emotion. View quote
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Writing a song is much like being an author. Yes, we all have tools to write (everyone has a brain I hope!), but that doesn't all of a sudden make us best selling authors. View quote
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If you are making music for other people, you will have to be aware of how people relate to it. View quote
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I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing. View quote
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The more I do in my life, the more I can write music about new experiences. View quote
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Sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something you haven't done in a long time (or never done!) can open up the doors to musical inspiration. View quote
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Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing. View quote
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Location is a very important aspect to songwriting. View quote
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Hooks need to be predictable and not predictable at the same time. (Ken Hill)
People don't have fun making music all the time. View quote
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Ken Hill

Occupation: British Playwright
Born: January 28, 1937
Died: January 23, 1995
Quotes count: 22