Music Quotes

As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion.

The music technology scene is changing so fast its hard to keep up.

I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful.

I wish his music came out of the closet and admit that it sucks.

Eventually, out of sheer will of never wanting to get a job or go to college, I found my way into doing music full-time.

We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.

All of the musical projects that I am involved with are near and dear to my heart and allow me in a small way to make a contribution to the world of music.

From the moment I first heard Steve Laury play, I knew he was dangerous . . . He is an extremely gifted musician who makes great music! We go back 25 years and Steve will always be my dear friend.

Record stores are great because it's good to physically get your hands on the music instead of downloading. It's always better to get the artwork too.

My books are offered through Podiobooks.com and the iTunes Music Store as free audio downloads. I don't sell them.

The night is made for tenderness,--so still that the low whisper, scarcely audible, is heard like music,--and so deeply pure that the fond thought is chastened as it springs and on the lip made holy.

I deal with emotional pain through therapy, writing, therapy in music. I think emotional pain is best dealt with when you use art to express it.

I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going.

She plays music to heal herself, but nothing can heal her brokenness.

There's only four things we do better than anyone else: music movies microcode (software) high-speed pizza delivery

Music is the sole art which evokes nostalgia for the future.

In music the present is extended.

Why, after all, must everyone like music? That they are missing something is just the lover's opinion.

Love is a mystery which, when solved, evaporates. The same holds for music.

One often reads that the 1950s was the golden age of Cuban music, but it was really one long phase, from 1937 to 1958, each year with its own splendour.

I've always had good support of parents for doing what I wanted to do. When it became music they were just as supportive as well.

Some people say that music isn't something you are; it's something you do. It's having a constant desire to share and express. But I believe it's something you are. To me it's more inward.

I've spent my whole life trying to find out who I am, so I could express that through the music.

I fell in love with folk music at Surprise Lake Camp. It was the songs of Woody Guthrie and the Weavers.

Very often the music comes first.

I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly.

I'm a hip-hop head, I grew up with it. So I've always loved the music.

I think the overall mood of the music informs the artwork, but I've found that good lyrics can be inspirational, too.

Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it playing in the background. But if I'm interested, I can write in an airport waiting areas.

If you don't have any ties to the music industry, you just love 'American Idol,' you can sit there and do exactly what you do in your living room, which is stare at them and judge them.

To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future.

All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted. Not so boldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty.

We live in the digital age, and unfortunately it's degrading our music, not improving.

Social media and young people, art, music, all communications make this one of the most active times for activism. It will be a time of change.

I trust people. So I make my music for people not for candidates.

Music lovers always want to hear the best. It's about freedom of choice, we supply the music.

I didn't want to be the girl who posed in 'Playboy' and then - by the way - made some music.

Making music makes me feel vulnerable in the best possible way. It gives me a feeling of balance.

Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate as basic cable.

Music can make the cerebral accessible, the subconscious hummable. It communicates our shared needs and desires as sentient beings better than any other medium.

I think people at most record labels really like music, but it's hard because everything is so subjective, and everyone's so creative in their own right.

Hip-hop is more than music, it's a culture. It's bigger than hit songs.

In Dance and Music, Silence swims to reach our soul.

Through my music, I've found a place in the world where I'm accepted, so I'm happy.

As for today's music, Nicki Minaj is killing it. She's an amazing artist.

Directing music videos is all about capturing images.

And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.

I've always got songs ready to go. It's not a challenge to conjure anything, it's just whether the music I supply is desirable.

Theater and music are both collaborative media, and I think they're best when they combine different people's visions and aesthetics.

I'm definitely light-spirited, but I just felt like my music had to have a little more depth.