Music Quotes

I very rarely listen to music in my car - a lot of people make fun of me for it. But sometimes I listen to music on YouTube. I'm like a teenager.

I love that there's this tradition of being able to discuss the heaviest topics and the gnarliest stuff that goes down in people's lives in traditional Southern American music.

First is the man ...and then the music. If the man is not intact, the music will not happen.

I was trying to find my way into the music business still, but I didn't want to portray something that I wasn't. I really wanted to be just me.

The internet has really messed everyone up. It has its ups and downs, but for a music artist it's a killer.

I never set out now to get a Grammy, or get an American Music Award, but it still is nice to be recognized.

I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music.

My music was typically continental - nothing like, say, The Beatles.

The point has always been to make music, it's not like I've always been running a giant money making scheme.

The music is in no way politically based - I'm not trying to make a point about sampling. It may bring up issues but I'm not trying to push it on anyone.

I still like weird music but there's such an overabundance that it's hard for me to stay enthusiastic about it.

I'm just making fun music so you can let your guard down and enjoy it, don't worry about what's cool and what's not.

I listen to music constantly, and I'm always hearing things I love that I'm excited to use.

I do have some weeks coming up in the summer where I will actually be in my house, and I love working on new music and all of that.

My music should fall under fair use because it's transformative, it's becoming its own entity, and it's not negatively impacting anyone's sales.

The primary goal isn't a financial gain; it's to put out interesting music.

I'm interested in branching out and seeing where my music goes.

Nowadays when you buy music its like you're donating to that cause, because you most likely could hear it in some capacity for free.

In the past, hearing music had more value.

I wasn't trying to make a following. I was just trying to make interesting music. That's not being modest, that's just being realistic.

I was a jaded high schooler, I was still into pop music, though not as sincerely as I am now. It was more tongue-in-cheek back then.

I like to give stuff away for free and play shows for cheap and not rely on music as a job.

I don't think my record collection or musical knowledge is vast. I just listen to the radio all the time - I'm a pop music enthusiast.

Throughout hip-hop people have been putting different elements with different types of music.

The point of making records for me isn't to hear 300 songs in 50 minutes; it's to hear the 50-minute piece of music.

I think we're approaching an era where there's a consistent dialogue going on between artists and consumers. And I think that's going to be part of the solution to actually selling music.

I guess people naturally try to find meaning in music.

I can't wait to wake up in the morning and listen to music in order to try to find something to work with.

I wanted to make experimental music out of pop.

Sharing information, art, music, and everything on the internet now has become a part of everyone's lives.

That's something I've always been down with: creative commons and people being able to license their music and allow other people to reuse it and recycle it.

I've been dedicating my life to doing remixes and sample based music. Whether you're into it or not I'm going to continue to pump it out.

I typically get around to most major cities at least once a year. I think people see that as their chance to go nuts for the year if they're into the style of music.

I didn't change much in terms of my setup or how I was making my music. It's evolved to this point where I think people look at it as one big traveling party.

I don't want to direct music videos at all. Any work I do with a camera I'd like to be for a film.

If you're going to make a mistake, make it loud so everybody else sounds wrong.

Music is the language of the heart, and conservatives always screw it up.

A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it.

I like to read. I've become obsessed with fiction. And it's too bad: I'm a musician many people love and I myself am not part of the music scene.

I started out in theatre and I definitely have wanted to add extra musical elements to my music with both imagery and text.

I grew up in Detroit. So my mother always loved big band music.

I hope people just enjoy the music. I'm not worried about any sort of legacy.

I've been doing the academic side of music and the rock side of music in conjunction, basically, since I was in fourth grade.

I hope that people don't need to look at the liner notes to be affected by the music.

Vibration is at the heart of nature. Music allows us to feel it.

I write a lot of stuff, and some of it I don't even present to Judas Priest. But having said that, my first love is to play Judas Priest music.

Music has been one of the most beautiful things in my life and will always be a very big part of who I am and what I do.

My guitar and singing was my way of crying.

Music is almost mystical to me. It really has an incredibly powerful force.

I was going to be a doctor, but I think my music allowed me to help more people than I could have done one-on-one as a psychologist. Just like other people's music really helped me.