Music Quotes · Page 1,274

The music is used as a backdrop. I take the kundalini and I play against the notes with it. I do a…

— Frederick Lenz

I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no melody, only…

— Jerry Spinelli

Our world is enriched when coders and marketers dazzle us with smartphones and tablets, but, by themselves, they are just slabs. It…

— Nicholas Kristof

The point of my music? The point I just want to get across is I'm me and I exist. Just letting people…

— D-Pryde

A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more…

— Yo-Yo Ma

Of course I have bills to pay, but at the same time, it's more about the passion and the love, and I…

— Ludacris

I do feel like I'm a survivor because the music industry is still a boys' club. I really respect all the women…

— Nelly Furtado

What keeps me motivated to create new music is the joy of songwriting. The joy of being creative. The joy of writing…

— Nick Heyward

I do feel like my music, in some weird way, is probably better suited for cinema than for anything else - I…

— Zach Condon

“It was, as the song said, ‘call to arms music,’ and seemed to have little to do with Scotland and New Year.…

— Irvine Welsh

“if you don't first accept the gift as it is—if you change what you hear, or change what you learn—doesn't that make…

— Robert Holdstock

I felt I had nothing more to say. Everything would have had to be a replay of the previous two or three…

— Richard Pinhas

The Beach Boys have always been a part of the '60s spectrum, with The Beatles and that kind of thing. They were…

— Brian Wilson

I was raised in an Indian household - singing classical music and eating south Indian food. But the second I went to…

— Vidya Vox

I certainly think there are things that impressed me as a child about the church. The smells and the sounds and the…

— Jonathan Meiburg

I would never take part in one of those Eighties nostalgia tours, although I've been asked many times, because it's like admitting…

— Gary Numan

Me as a musician helps me in many ways people don't know how it helps me control my anger and attitude. Without…

— Destiny Hope

I think the main objective is to move people, make people think in their heart. I personally am not interested in appealing…

— Joe Satriani

“The feedback from the speakers changes and begins blasting death metal music so loudly into the sky that I swear the bridge…

— Susan Ee

“Scattered among these things are reminders that sound once existed: a metronome, a drumming pad, a guitar pick, a trumpet mouthpiece, a…

— Geoffrey O'Brien

John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader.…

— Pete Seeger

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche commenting on the music of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their…

— Georges Bizet

I tried to make guitars that were close to what my heroes played. That's the way it's done. My experience is that…

— Paul Reed Smith

The new kind of music seems to create not from the heart but from the head. Its composers think rather than feel.…

— Sergei Rachmaninoff

My go-to karaoke song that brings down the house is 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'.' I always start with that. And…

— Alana Haim

I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start…

— Isaac Marion

“Aenea heard the music of the spheres. She resonated with the Void Which Binds, which resonates in turn to sentient life and…

— Dan Simmons

“I was flipping channels, watching this cheerleading program on MTV. They took a field hockey girl and “transformed” her into a cheerleader…

— Jess C Scott

The Creator wants us to drum. He wants us to corrupt the world with drum, dance and chants. After all, we have…

— Babatunde Olatunji

I never really sounded like Bird, but that was my mission. I didn't care if people said that I copied him; I…

— Jackie McLean

Teaming up with Slowtide echoes my father's message of unity and harmony, resonating deeply with his global audience. This collaboration merges Bob…

— Cedella Marley

That was a very natural process because as I was creating the animatic I added music clips as reference of the kind…

— Alex Abreu

“You see, darkness can’t live where music resounds. Darkness can’t live where the power of God abounds. Darkness can’t sustain itself. So,…

— Sylvia Browne

I want to set the record straight for everybody who's been waiting to hear my music. The song that's on the internet…

— Dr. Dre

A lot of electronic-based musicians give very low-risk performances, and it's fun to hear your favorite band play live on a big…

— How to Dress Well

The thrill of hearing your own voice recorded is still there, I still love it, going into the studio and thinking how…

— Cliff Richard

Poetry, music, forests, oceans, solitude-they were what developed enormous spiritual strength. I came to realize that spirit, as much or more than…

— Herb Elliott

“sombre, anxious, melancholic, atmospheric, surreal, cold, lonely, cryptic, abstract, apathetic, male vocals, mysterious, dark, nocturnal, complex, mechanical, progressive, lush, disturbing 'Descriptors' -…

— RateYourMusic

I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm…

— Mayer Hawthorne

I would love to compose more fantasy music, whether it's for a film or a game. That genre has so much opportunity…

— Jason Graves