Music Quotes

I studied painting, sculpture and video in both undergrad and grad school, but I've always been more interested in music and I've always admired music that can evoke a cinematic experience.

Time broadens the scope of verses and I know of some which, like music, are everything for all men.

I think I'm very easily inspired. People, wildlife, nature, music, art. I think that I'm lucky that I have this great sense of wonderment about life in general.

I liken feedback to the effect of when you go surfing; you can get pummeled by a wave, but if you balance the forces right, you can have a dandy ride ... that's pretty much what feedback is.

With the bass it's another thing. I don't need to use alternate thumb-picking as much. Even though Jack says he loves it. My thought is that it might irritate him somewhat.

When I listen to the engine of my car, I might say it sounds fine, but it would not occur to me to say "What lovely music!

I've always said that music is like literature.

I let the music set the tone of the lyrics.I allowed myself to write more about relationships and emotions, in a girly way almost.

I really like the complexity of jazz, the emotional depth; I feel like there's no other music that's really as satisfying as jazz.

The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens.

The silence between two notes is as beautiful and meaningful as the notes themselves.

With music and art, I can create the kind of world in which I wish to live.

One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my jobs is, I listen to a lot of music while I'm working.

Music belongs to everybody. Having a little clique of the industry tell us what our culture is... I don't think that's healthy. And the Internet is helping us get away from that.

The commercial music video industry is very hard to break into, and until you break in, that first job is the hardest thing in the world to get.

I have a day job that's very odd. Most people, by the time they're 25, glom onto one kind of music and that's what they listen to for the rest of their lives.

For me, when I watch something without music, I'm instantly thinking, "Okay, what am I going to do here? How am I going to convey this?" I take notes and really think about that.

I've been fascinated by music for as long as I can remember. I was the kid on the playground in the third grade who would tell other kids about Paul Simon or Depeche Mode.

I'll look at the script and I'll try to find as many books, movies, and pieces of music that I think are going to feed each scene or the character as a whole

Music, art, landscape - these are all things I draw inspiration from.

I have an active imagination, and music opens the floodgates of that area of my brain.

The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real.

I lost 100 pounds and embraced theater and music as what I was going to make for the rest of my life.

Music plays a huge role in the movie. The music in Star Wars, I can't imagine what the movie would have been like without it. It made the film.

I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.

At a music hall, I'll get upset if someone coughs or if someone's cellphone goes off.

I like to make the music that I really love. You're supposed to make your favorite music that no one else played, and I'd like to just keep it at that and not really change it at all.

I've always heard music in my head since I was a little kid, so I've always played towards that. If I felt bad, that's what I did.

When you try to put everything into music, there's no room left to try to make you think we're cool. We know you think we're cool.

The music as a whole is selfish, but the musicians aren't," "The song may go on forever but it's not about competition within the band; it's about playing as a band.

Its a small community, the classical music community, along with the excitement of new places and new things and this feeling of being at home wherever you go because thats where your community is.

When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.

I wanted out of my record deal with EMI. They wanted me to record one type of album; I wanted to record the type of music I wanted to make.

If you give yourself too much time, you kind of over-obsess about the music. It's not supposed to be like that.

Life's a show and we all play a part And when the music starts We open up our hearts

the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon.

Joaquin Sabina is one of my favorites. He's like a legend. He's like our Bob Dylan, or our Bruce Springsteen. He's one of the most talented writers of our Latin music.

It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy.

Maybe you just get so attached to the music of your youth that you think it's better than what's coming out now.

The only film I ever made for money was something called Music From Another Room, which I really didn't like.

I am passionate about making music that feeds the soul and brings people together.

It's always been my dream to be on the stage with my band, singing my music. That's always been, and always will be.

Music brings life to my soul.

I feel most alive when I'm singing along to old gospel music.

I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.

I think that new communications are wonderful and I am delighted to be a part of the Internet generation

I'm a producer first, and I know music, so I can jump on any song, whether it's pop or urban, without changing me. Whatever I do, I'm gonna make it classic.

As a musician, you write and make music as you go. It's definitely in a great sequence. When you release songs, you think, "Let me make sure this goes with this so it's like a story."

I'm a producer/rapper so I feel like I can do anything. I can do all kinds of music. I've done all kinds of music and I'm good at it.

I knew about the music. I got that part but I wanted to know the business, I wanted to know about royalties, how people got paid, producers and stuff like that so I read all those books like twice.