Music Quotes
You may not be aware of this but Leonard Bernstein won another award, for explaining the music of Igor Stravinsky... to Igor Stravinsky!
My mom said, "What I want is a happy kid, not a rich kid. That's what I root for." She saw how much joy I got from playing music, and those years were leaner than lean!
Creating music and just having someone's art directs the way you think about life subconsciously.
When I read a script, I am already in the movie with my music, and I can dive into a world that I haven't seen before.
At the end of the day, you release music because you believe in the songs and believe that they're honest. That's all you can really hope for.
A good concert, if you're kind of relaxed, it can do something to you. It's sort of an emotional break you get by listening to music.
I've never really been schooled in music theory. I'm a guitar player, and I attack the guitar in a certain way that it not fully unique to me, but it's more unique that some other people.
I like walking around and listening to music. When my steps coincide with a beat, in my head I feel in unison with the world that I'm living in.
Music and religion are as intimately related as poetry and love; the deepest emotions require for their civilized expression the most emotional of arts.
Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's always shifting.
If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it's not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others - it's the same with music.
Revolution in America begins in books and music, then waits for political operatives to 'implement changes after the fact.'
This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air: thence I have follow’d it.
Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever may be holding us back, and join that flowing river.
I think of hip hop as a mass media, radio, MTV thing. It’s been extremely relevant over the last 10 years and rock music is just not anymore—-a tear rolls down my cheek as I say that.
Continuing to create music and perform is so important to me for many reasons. I love the interaction and connection I get with people when we perform live. Nothing is more rewarding for me.
I was definitely inspired by gospel music, or old-school R&B I got into some Good God gospel compilations.
But especially, you know, I love the music. This is my purpose. I don't do anything else but music.
Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you get introduced to it in the right way, it becomes your friend for life.
You write music for yourself and if you just open that door and let people in, the audience is going to grow and it's going to become more accessible.
My thing is I'd love to be friends with Thom Yorke but if he wasn't a nice guy it would ruin everything for me, I probably wouldn't be able to listen to his music.
It's a really fun hobby to set imagery to music, and finding the right songs for that. Your favorite song in the world might not work at all... for one reason or another.
I think that sonically, music speaks volumes more than words do, and I have always thought that and will continue to think that for the rest of my life.
I find the relationship of sensation and physicality, and, for me, it's music like anything else. It's a different way of expressing and exploring sound. I find it really beautiful.
I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music.
I'm a kid from New York, so urban life reflected into art and music was around me and accessible and tangible.
I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
You better start swimming, or you'll sink like a stone. Because the Time's they are a-changing.
Disappointment came to me, and booted me, and bruised and hurt me, but that's how people grow up.
The Fact That You Have The Ability To Stand On Stage And Sing While You’re Crying Is So Brave.
Love is the sweetest melody of the soul and anything can be catalyst for that.
Im okay Im okay now. But you really need to listen to me 'cause im telling you the truth I mean this im okay Trust me... Im not okay ...Well okay im not okay. Im not o-f cking-kay
For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Becuase all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen.
In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.
There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical.
