Music Quotes

I like country music. I'm not going to lie. I'm from the South, and I grew up on it. My dad was a country singer-songwriter, so it's in my blood, and I love it.

Especially as an artist who has been signed to one of the majors throughout my last ten years, you don't always get to write your own music.

The intersection of spiritual, dark music and radical ecology is quite natural.

I always wanted to make a cover album consisting of obscure psychedelic music from the 1960s - all re-shaped and customized, Ulver style.

Music is first, lyrics are secondary.

I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music.

Scott Feiner is a soulful magnet for the fusion of Brazilian and jazz music.

Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes.

Music and visual performance have to influence each other. Designers and musicians have to be the nexus of all things pop culture, so I think about designers when I'm making music.

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

I believe that there is no doubts about who I am, an artist who loves music, above everything.

I learned that there's no reason why people decide they like music when they do.

I suppose my approach to religion is like my approach to music - I take what I want and leave the rest.

Lenny Breau had the ability to reach into your heart.

The music business, or what's left of it, is obviously a very - it's like a wild west now.

No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I would, eventually, quite like some money.

I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.

Music, I think, he makes me feel like music

But this isn’t like anything I’ve ever seen, or imagined, or even dreamed: This is like music or dancing but better than both.

A lot of time, the music reflects reality, which reflects music.

A lot of people just love music, especially a lot of aspiring artists. They just want to jump in and start making music. They don't really take time to grow and appreciate the craft.

Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go.

It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it.

Of the whole bunch of guys who play hollow body guitar, I think Herb Ellis has the most drive

We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society.

The importance of music extends well beyond its performance.

All Prodigy music is raw, and that will never change, the production is raw, the sounds are dirty, you can't get away from that. Take it or leave it.

That's the beauty of music, art, and video games: forget about your worries for a few minutes; it shouldn't add to them or make you feel worried or sad: it should make you feel good.

Music is an emotion and it makes you feel a certain way. Some songs make you want to dance, while some make you think. Some songs are positive, while some people see those songs as negative.

I'm born to do music. I'm born to act. I'm born to dance and all of these things, and I will be respected.

When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true.

Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time.

Music isn't just for professionals. We delegate all of our music and our dancing and our art to professionals. It's silly. We should be doing our own dancing and drawing.

I just believe in my Indian, spiritual god and my music.

Music makes me come alive. I love to sing and dance! Watching a great movie with a great message.

For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life.

In my day-to-day, I do a bit of yoga, I go biking, I read, I watch shows, I go to music concerts.

Down the road someone is practicing scales, The notes like little fishes vanish with a wink of tails

I received a beautiful welcome to the world of music. I want to give something back to the younger generation.

What else is the power of melody but the power of feeling? Music is the language of feeling; melody is audible feeling - feeling communicating itself.

Only the flint of a man's mind can strike fire in music.

My focus is trying to make great music and putting on great shows, and whatever happens beyond that is a bonus to me.

I've no grand designs to conquer the music industry, but I'd love to be able to tell my mates that I'm playing in a pub in Camden one night.

I want to make music as good as Radiohead, as good as Coldplay. I can make hip-hop as good as anybody.

I'm addicted to something at all times. Like, it's always music, but maybe sometimes it's a pair of pants or something else. That's just how my personality works.

My ideology was, if I just make very happy music, very happy music, then people will forget about whatever their problems are. I will forget about my problems.

One thing I know about Willie Hutch: my homie, [Big] Jerm, listens to nothing but Soul music, so he put me on to all this Soul music back in the day.

For me, being transparent about every aspect of my life is what makes my music relatable and how I'm able to be an individual amongst the mass amounts of other artists.

On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for.