Music Quotes

Wherever the music comes from, if there is no focus behind it then it's just noise

I don't just write music to esthetically satisfy somebody. The reason I write music is that I feel it's a vehicle or channel which leads to your true self, your essence.

An hour of violin lessons in Berlin is an hour where you get the child interested in music. An hour in a violin lesson in Palestine is an hour away from violence, is an hour away from fundamentalism.

When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.

Write even when the world is chaotic. You don’t need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.

The thing about Nashville is, it's not just country music...There's rock & roll, there's every kind of music. It's just a music town...There's so much fun stuff to get in to.

Skrillex. The man is a genius and paved a new way for music and it's very inspiring.

For me the visual is just as important as the music.

I have discovered three things which know no geographical borders - classical music, American jazz, and applause as the sign of the public's favor.

I never do anything to strictly satisfy a fickle, ever-changing commercial world. I do the music I like to play. It's the only way I feel comfortable existing in the industry.

I'm really happy doing what I'm doing. I'm not looking to do anything else. I love what I do. I love music. I love playing. I love touring.

For they (art and music) are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.

Anyone can sit down and write some boring artistic song. Pop music is the hardest [stuff] to write.

Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.

Whenever you listen to a piece of music, what you are actually doing is hearing the latest sentence in a very long story you’ve been listening to - all the pieces of music you’ve ever heard.

Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I'm helping them feel connected to something beyond themselves.

Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their souls.

Music is the greatest communication in the world.

Whoever has skill in music is of good temperament and fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools.

I like to think illegal downloads only do real damage to the endless amounts of careless pop music though.

All I had was the will and the love for music. I couldn't read music or write it. No connections, no car, no money, no bankroll, no clothes, no nothing.

It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.

I think my music generally transcends a lot of genres.

There’s no such thing as a wrong note.

The holy grail for a music fan, I think, is to hear music from another planet, which has not been influenced by us whatsoever.

But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

Light quirks of music, broken and uneven,Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heav'n.

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.

The music beckons to those who are listening.

You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.

My TV stays on ESPN all day long, I'm one of those. I don't even listen to music in the car, all I listen to is sports talk.

It's just seems life without music would be death.

I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing.

I don't listen to music before a race - my coach doesn't like it, he thinks I might lose my focus and concentration.

I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You can write a book on each of my thoughts.

From the music I make, to the things I do in my life, I'm true to my R&B core.

I listen to a lot of music. But I definitely haven't looked at an artist and like thought I want to have a song like this.

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.

All writers, musicians, artists, choreographers/dancers, etc., work with the stuff of their experiences. It's the translation of it, the conversion of it, the shaping of it that makes for the drama.

I'm always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you're drowning, and it's there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.

I'd love to see Christ come back to crush the spirit of hate and make men put down their guns. I'd also like just one more hit single.

I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create.

Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.

When people come to play music as they do to play bridge, civilization will have taken the longest stride forward since the beginning of time.

In the hysterical technocracy of modern music, sorrow is sent to the back of the class where it sits, pissing its pants in mortal terror.

Besides singing "Jump Around" to all the WWE superstars in the locker room? Uh... I enjoy listening to music, pumping up, and getting really muscular and oily. I like to oil myself before.

My deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me...the joy I receive in creating my music.

The truth is, that I feel alone most of the time. I stopped believing in happiness, but I know that music makes me feel good.

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted to be part of the community.