Music Quotes

The piano has been drinking, not me.

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.

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

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

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.

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.

Yela represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. Wolf speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.

I want to investigate different cultures, to see how their identities and values affect their music. It's one way I can get to know our world, at least to a certain depth.

But only art and music have the power to bring peace.

I'm going to quit music. Then the government of Japan asked me to write a piano concerto - that was an offer I couldn't refuse, so that brought me back to music again.

Man is driven to create; I know I really love to create things. And while I'm not good at painting, drawing, or music, I can write software.

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.

Although I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can't carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract me and affect my music making.

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.

I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

I don't think of anyone as a 'groupie.' People who connect with my music are just inspiring and amazing.

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.

No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.

Music is the most powerful form of communication in the world. It brings us all together. Even religion separates us, but a hit record unites us across religious beliefs, race, politics.

It's pretty cool to see how far music can take you.

Peace is a conscious choice.

All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.

I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me.

As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.

Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse.

All of heaven we have below.

There are all kinds of mix tapes. there is always a reason to make one.

I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.

The hungry and the haunted explode in a rock'n'roll band.

This world, I am afraid, is designed for crashing bores.

Don't leave it all unsaid, somewhere in the wasteland of your head.

Music has power to create a universe or to destroy a civilization.

So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you - everything makes music if you really want it to.

If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.

You are a fantastic scheme of captivating ecstasy.

I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car.

I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs.

Music is good, not evil. Poetry is good, not evil. Primitive, but oh, so true!

The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you.

When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

All music is good music, if it touches your soul.

I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't play any of my music around me. Once it comes out, for me, it's just business. Numbers.

Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.

After making music for twenty-six years I can't pretend I don't know anything about it anymore.

Too much pleasure disagrees with us. Too many concords are annoying in music; too many benefits irritate us; we wish to have the wherewithal to overpay our debts.

Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself.