Music Quotes

It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely

I don't care if I ever hit radio, and I don't care if I ever get any bigger than this. I just wanna stand up for artistry because that's what really matters in music

Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it.

I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear, or won't come for this reason.

I dropped out of college, started playing music. I was going to do what I was going to do and it is what it is.

hat's just a fact of life. So I've taken music into my life and it's gotten into my blood to the point where even when I am alone, I've got something to hang onto.

Real music to me is real; it's what you feel.

Work is a four-letter word.

The life of music is bigger than all of us.

They're great instrumentalists, singers and songwriters and they have this unique way of blending contemporary with traditional. The result is this beautiful mix of timeless music.

I can't work without it [music]. And it has to be the right kind, because if it's not then I get into a bad mood. I work with a remote so that I can change CDs instantly if I need to.

Peter Townsend Music is the silence between the notes.. So could it be said that dance is the stillness between the steps?

The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.

Remember the music is not in the piano.

I don't see why people want new plays all the time. What would happen to concerts if people wanted new music all the time?

There's no such thing as bop music, but there's such a thing as progress.

Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead.

You seldom hear any young artists in country music.

Profound music leads us beyond language...to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence.

Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb!

I've been in situations like in Tokyo where people sang my song word for word and then when the music stopped, they couldn't speak to me. I've seen the music break the language barrier.

[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.

I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad.

Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.

Today, conducting is a question of ego: a lot of people believe they are actually playing the music.

There's an inherent thing in me where, if things are going too smooth, I'll sabotage the hell out of them, just to make the music more of a sanctuary.

When I was writing songs, I always thought I'd make more of a career out of the drawings, the comics even more than the music.

I always say that as church falls into demise, we still have the inclination to congregate whether by a night of music or a festival, or just sitting down to listen to some vinyl.

In the vast game of Darwinian musical chairs, whenever the music stopped there were large numbers of people without a seat—and some smartass had sold them guns.

Laying on the floor and listening to music might be all the therapy that you need.

The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me how to make my music.

I would have to say I might do some stuff, but it's the film that's appealing. I was raised on film. My musical experience is all via film, it's not from classical music.

I am really into '70s music, like The Rolling Stones, The Doors and what not.

I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?

If you're trying to connect to people with music - it's more of an outward process and a lot of times musicians can be very inward.

Jane's Addiction has only put out new music when our hearts were in and when we had something to say creatively.

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change.

I made a more mature approach to industrial music.

The best DJs in the world know how to pull in music from all over the place and make it work as a cohesive whole.

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time.

My music was never considered cool, but I've always felt that connection with the audience.

When I was doing 'The Sopranos,' I liked putting music together with the film; that was my favorite part of it.

Music videos are like girlfriends. I'm constantly amazed on what other people doing

To me, jazz is the closest thing to insanity that there is in music.

The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

Music is a treasure and a love and a delight. It clears people's souls and lifts them high.

As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.

You can't force music; It just has to come to you.

Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music.

I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was just absorbing music. So he just kind of left me to my own devices.