Music Quotes

To have your whole music library with you at all times is a quantum leap in listening to music. How do we possibly do this?

You look back, and it was important to bring back instrumental music, and it was great to be a part of that wave of instrumental rock music. And clearly it was something I was destined to do.

Music is our myth of the inner life.

There's something to be said about all music being some translation of our languaging, our way of communicating. It's a language. This is a new language.

I was musically baptized by the black founding fathers of rock-and-roll, and like all real music lovers, the music changed, enriched, upgraded and fortified our lives forever.

Sounds of daily life are musical. I try to absorb the intricacies of sounds as if I were listening to music.

Good music is good music, but it has to be good.

I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write.

I feel like that's the reason a lot of pop music doesn't have that grasp that other forms of music do, because it's more rooted in only the happier aspects of life - there's not really a connection.

The present, like a note in music, is nothing but as it appertains to what is past and what is to come.

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.

How soar sweet music is, when time is broke, and no proportion kept!

When it came to music growing up, it wasn't just gospel and R&B. My uncle brought rock 'n' roll to me when I was younger, and I loved it. I was open to all music.

I grew up in the '90s. I listened to a lot of The Clash, Velvet Underground and Roxy Music. I wasn't into Boyzone, or anything.

I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.

Music is one of the most beautiful things in the world. It's universal.

I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.

Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.

Until I'm over the hill and over the hump; I'm gonna let my music bump and give the people what they want.

It's pretty dangerous if you approach music trying to please other people.

I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.

I'm very inspired by past music.

I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.

Whether you like another bands music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going to be friends with and that is just something that is important to us.

The orchestral or symphonic music never interested me.

I liked being challenged by music. It's good for me.

Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.

The really good music, whether of the East or of the West, cannot be analyzed.

I never really paid much attention to music that was going on in the UK. I was always looking towards the States for my inspiration.

To help with knowing if you're good or not, you need a mentor.

There are a lot of disadvantages with the YouTube stigma, because no one wants to be known as just a cover band. It's all about the original music.

I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway.

Rock music seems to be very fragmented these days, I can't say that I ever really hear anything that just knocks me over.

Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great.

I'll also listen to music on a Discman and realize how nice it can sound when it's not compressed to MP3 format.

You cannot evade quantity. You may fly to poetry and music, and quantity and number will face you in your rhythms and your octaves.

My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.

When I had nothing else, I had my mother and the piano. And you know what? They were all I needed.

It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.

I think having the right music can really help you have fun while staying in shape. Make a great playlist that motivates you!

I like to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' when I'd doing cardio. But, sometimes I do need good music to get me moving. I like high energy songs by artists like Justin Timberlake and Rihanna.

There's a kind of ear music . . . a rhythmic synchronicity which creates a kind of heartbeat on the page.

As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music, all pianists played it.

As an early child, I tried to play every kind of music that I heard. I thought everyone was doing that.

We try to magnify the difference between Americans and the English. In real life they like the same music and dress the same. It's really much more similar than anyone thinks or how we show it.

NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.

I need music like I need water.

Right now the music is more of a hobby since I'm making a good living as an actress.

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.

I don't trawl record shops anymore. I usually hear music in bars or at friends' houses.