Music Quotes

Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.

...the moment of passage from disturbance into harmony is that of intensest life.

I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.

The best way to express rhythm is music.

Elvis died the day he went into the army.

If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim!

Music's all right John, but you'll never make a living out of it.

And Paul hits this chord, and I turn to him and say, 'That's it! Do that again!' In those days we really used to absolutely write like that - both playing into each other's noses.

With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me.

Playing music to me is as close to having super powers as you can have.

Long as I live Long as I breathe With every heartbeat I'll need you near me

Not without design does God write the music of our lives.

Poetry is the mathematics of writing and closely kin to music.

Kino heard the little splash of morning waves on the beach. It was very good -- Kino closed his eyes again to listen to his music.

Do we have Steve Jobs to thank for the iPod and iPod shuffle? iTunes? I think so. He changed the way we hear and think about music.

I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It's useful music.

Human was the music, natural was the static.

Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs — To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another's mind.

People think that it's their sovereign right to download music and not have to pay for it.

The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

I never liked blues music, and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.

I've always been fascinated with the strong emotional ties that music can have. A song can bring you back to a place or a season of life like no other art form can.

There are a lot of similarities between music and surfing. There's a rhythm to both of them and with sound waves and ocean waves, you see patterns, plus the breathing is all part of it.

I have to say, music was always my self preservation survival technique. This sort of sacred space in my life and in my mind.

We're not trying to change the world; just music.

That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest as possible.

It's always an honor and a scary experience to sing new music.

Not, like, that, boychik, you sound like a herd of elephants charging through a music store.

I'm not sure I ever pleased Ian [Buchanan] with my progress, but he continued to tolerate me. I had to work at everything that I did. Well, it wasn't work; it was fun actually.

Erik Satie does not say the opposite of Debussy; he says the same thing only the other way round.

We all want to play great music all the time, but if that is not possible, you have to hit as many right notes as you can.

I still think that's successful, to make 50 bucks a day with your own music.

I have an eclectic taste in stuff whether it be movies or music or books or food or anything. Variety is interesting.

I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos.

Music wasn't made to make us wise, but better natured.

Being a classical musician, you're doing many things anyway. One day you're doing Bach concerto and the next you're doing some avant-garde thing. It's just another hat that I'm allowed to wear.

I think if you play music and you join a scene you're already too late.

A lot of things inspire me. Music, for one; in addition to acting, I'm also a musician.

The only country that hasn't liked my music is my own.

I don't like listening to music that isn't real.

There's nothing more fun than debating and defending your taste in music.

Consumers all over the world will be able to flip open their phones and see their favorite Warner Music videos.

The great thing about music is that whatever you're into, you see new possibilities.

Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night.

The best music you make is relevant to the culture you are in, the timeframe you are in. I want to keep it as relevant as possible.

I've always wanted to sing country music.

I'm a very independent person, I love being alone, writing and doing music and stuff.

Music is kind of my everything.

That's going to be the biggest problem, to make people feel like it's cool for them to like my music.

Even though I wanted to be John Malkovich or Sean Penn when I was a kid, mostly I was a music nerd.