Quotes About Tradition

Bayern Munich is an attractive club because it has been successful for many decades.

I'm a big fan of rituals in general because I'm a firm believer in muscle memory.

What does culture mean? It's not a physical thing. I love a museum, but that, for me, doesn't make you a better person.

I'm more inclined towards old churches and dusty museums.

I have a great affection for Indian culture and music.

I'm from Louisiana, and that's where I got my start, in Cajun music. There's a huge music scene down there centered around our culture. Those are people that are not making music for a living. They are making music for the fun of it. And I think that's the best way I could have been introduced to music.

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

I come from a musical kind of family.

I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.

Macon has such a rich musical history - and the state of Georgia, as well.

I come from a place where there's a lot of musical families.

The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.

Nothing I'm doing musically is revolutionary in any way, shape, or form.

The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.

Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family.

I came from a huge extended family of musicians.

Why can't jazz musicians just leave a melody alone?

In the mid-1800s, they were known also as 'singsong houses,' and the courtesans were actually master musicians.

Both my grandfathers and my mother's brother were musicians.

I have to continue to make the older musicians proud and brush up on my skills.

Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk.

I belong to a Bohri Muslim family, and for us, food is our biggest celebration. We are used to elaborate five- to six-course meals.

My family is Muslim. But I don't consider myself a very devout Muslim, but a cultural Muslim, whatever that means.

I'm a cultural Christian in the same way many of my friends call themselves cultural Jews or cultural Muslims.