Music Quotes

All I can say is that laughter is my music; I would deeply suspect an argument which hadn't laughter.

Poetry's work is not simply the recording of inner or outer perception; it makes by words and music new possibilities of perceiving

I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.

If I wasn’t making music I would probably be in the woods with a big deer….Talking to myself.

Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering.

Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.

But classical music is not entertainment, and I feel viciously strong about that. Classical music is forever. Entertainment is something that is here today, and may be gone tomorrow.

Self-portraits have been done in painting, but never in music or literature. It has no meaning, it makes no sense. And in movies I was wondering if it could. And how.

We must have recourse to the rules of music when our genius and our ear seem to deny what we are seeking.

I play the way I do cause it allows me to come up w/ the sickest sounds possible. That's the point now isn't it?

I feel like a Mac store! I have a Canadian iPhone, an American iPhone and an iPad. I'm constantly downloading music to iTunes.

The piano has been drinking, not me.

I'm not into music - the only music I like is musical theater, but I have every Ween album.

I like any reaction I can get with my music. Just anything to get people to think.

I wouldn't say that I'm the greatest guitarist ever. I'd say probably that I'm the greatest guitarist sitting in this chair.

Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music.

I am not one of those artists who is cemented in one way. I am able to, you know, make the happy, jovial, lighthearted music too. We need that in life too. So it's like that to me.

The type of music that I love to sing would have to be more bluesy and jazzy and more soul-like because I love to belt when it comes to singing, so I guess bigger songs are what I lean more towards.

The derision comes from snobbery, which I think is the worst thing for art and music. I don't think there's any place for it and it comes from insecurity.

The highest point of music for me is to become in a place where there is no desire, no craving, wanting to do anything else. It is the best place you have ever been, and yet there is nothing there.

One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.

Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.

After I stopped dancing, I was unable to listen to beautiful music.

Music is not material. Music is Spiritual.

The blues are just a heightened sense of awareness of life's ups and downs, and things that a guy sees after a couple hits of Jack Daniels.

When people think of Aerosmith, I want them to think of the music we've made and nothing else. I don't want the responsibility of some young kid trying to live his life like I did back in the '70's.

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

Good music grows with age like a fine wine it's gets better and better over time.

Music companies are not technology companies any more than technology companies are music companies. They're really different from each other.

Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language.

Spirituality is worthless if it's not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician.

Music actually meant something when I started doing it. Too bad I wasn't mature enough to write anything that meant anything.

I play guitar and I love the Beatles and melodic music.

All I ever wanted to do was hear music that I like and play it to other people

Ray Gomez is truly an unsung hero in American music.

From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.

I've always believed film is most close to music of all the other arts.

When I dance, it's incredible. I can't describe it, there's no words. You just tap into your mojo and you just go.

All music comes from God.

Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me where my love can be?

Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own.

Reggae is music of love. It has joy and pain, but it feels good.

What I would argue in my defence is that shows like Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores.

I'm not so much a rock star, d'ya know what I mean? I play Irish music. There's really no age when you stop playing Irish music. Even if I retired from playing onstage, I'd still be singing in pubs.

Music just affects people's feelings. It brings out emotions in you and makes you happy and sad.

Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.

God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love.

Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didnt.

Bring the sky beneath your feet and listen to celestial music everywhere.

Making music, creating lyrics comes very naturally to me.