“My aversion from music rests on political grounds.”
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 4
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Thomas Mann159
German novelist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate 1875–1955Related quotes
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“I choose the music because the rest sucks.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Scelgo la musica perché il resto fa schifo.
Source: prevale.net
“I choose the music because the rest sucks.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
From the Aphorisms http://www.prevale.net/aphorisms.html page of the official website of Prevale
Tiësto (1969) Dutch DJ and record producer
Tiësto.
Source: [WE8 Coca-Cola Campaign, http://www.coca-cola.com/template1/index.jsp?locale=en_US&site=../we8/we8.jsp, Coca Cola, 2008-08-02]
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Little Bit of Soul p. 307
Brother Ray : Ray Charles' Own Story (1978)