Music Quotes

I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands.

I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.

I somehow hope - naïve though I may be, utopian, possibly - that my music has some kind of calming effect on the universe, that it's somehow beneficial to people.

If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.

Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.

Art is not great. Music is not great. It's just that they tickle us. When one steadfastly refuses greatness - then and then only can the wonderful thing we call art be created.

Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime.

It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music.

Who publishes the sheet-music of the winds or the music of water written in river-lines?

Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God.

Sound is what drives my solos, not verbal concepts, I never think 'I'm going to use a Lydian Dominant scale and then go up a half-step', even though that might be exactly what I end up doing.

I think of my life as a kind of music, not always good music but still having form and melody.

Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges are opportunities.

I get a wave of pride in America when I look back at what we've accomplished in the field of music.

You can't change music by yourself.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

Music is a handshake where I, as a songwriter, am only part of the equation. I love that, the fact that you can make the song your own.

Since her landmark 'Tapestry,' Carole King has both oversimplified and over elaborated that masterful album's style until her music has become something more overtly but less effectively personal.

I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning.

I was writing this music for the people that sit in the back pew of the church. People that do come, but it's not quite in their hearts.

I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look and a willingness to cooperate.

Whether something 'has color' or not is as hard to define verbally as are such questions as, 'What is music?' or 'What is musical?

My most favorite entrance music of all time... it's that, "You're my obsession, you're my obsession" song [Animotion's "Obsession"].

In music, all hearts are revealed to us.

O, pleasant is the welcome kiss When day's dull round is o'er; And sweet the music of the step That meets us at the door.

I hate that sense of entitlement or the sense of business crawling into playing music.

Because Music is a language that lives in the spiritual realms, we can hear it, we can notate it and create it, but we cannot hold it in our hands

I was touched by the magic of music. My way to communicate was through my guitar and music.

My dads music was a great inspiration to me.

I wanted to be a writer. I still want to be a prose writer. I feel I am more temperamentally suited to that kind of life, although there are things I still want to do with music.

I'm really happy I'm me because if I wasn't I'd be scared. If you want that Number One spot you need to listen to my album and try to beat it.

As a man I am flawed, but my music is perfect.

Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.

Music and art is about ideas, I think. Especially music. You have the freedom to work with your ideas and your dreams and your fantasies, which is quite hard to do in many other places.

I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.

If you like my music, great, and if you don't, whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way.

You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.

When we were making vinyl records we had a lot of time limitations for each record so songs were left off for a number of reasons. Now, with CDs, much more music can be included.

I'm glad I took that time to work really hard on the music. I feel the effects of that now in a positive way with my connection with the audience.

When I try to brush the road dust off of me and untangle all the wires in my head, I'm usually surrounded by music on a boat. But that's not how I wake up every day.

I've always said music should make you laugh, make you cry or make you think.

There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.

Parents should not let kids listen to my music if it's offensive. I wrote these songs for me.

I feel like my music stands for the ultimate statement of irreverence.

Because music gets you high, so it makes sense to sing about what else gets you high.

I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician.

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.

[Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns] is not just unique to books, but films and music.

When you have characters talking about music in any way, especially about music someone doesn't know, some people presume it's about showing social capital and sneering at those who don't have it.

In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to a movie or listening to music, other than my mother's singing.