Music Quotes · Page 165

I prefer Offenbach to Bach often.

— Thomas Beecham

Music is the only way I can express myself.

— Rich Homie Quan

“I leave behind this hurricane of f***ing lies”

— Green Day

Soft silly music is meaningful, magical.

— Jeff Mangum

The way I make music reflects the way I think.

— Rosalia

I'm composing and writing music.

— Anthony Hopkins

We're all going to hell for the songs we sing.

— James Mangold

Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Music.

— Sun Ra

Hear the music, the thunder of the wings. Love the wild swan.

— Robinson Jeffers

Pop just means popular - it can be any genre, and if it becomes popular, then it's pop music.

— Justin Tranter

I have no idea where my career is going. I just make the best music that I possibly can.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

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

— Trevor Hall

Generally, the songs that are the scariest ones are the ones that people connect to.

— Mat Kearney

Songs do write themselves through you; I know people find it hard to believe, but it's true.

— Paul Rodgers

My responsibility is to the music and the industry.

— Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

I do but sing because I must; and pipe but as the linnets sing.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Music is a gift. I'm so honoured and so grateful to be here today. Thank you for this opportunity.

— Justin Nozuka

I love Sly Stone and James Brown and Stevie Wonder, and I want my music to reflect some of that.

— Al Jarreau

I want to be a mom. It's something that when I do have kids, I think I will retire from making music…

— Karol G

Songs like 'Radioactive' by Imagine Dragons, it might as well be called 'Pikachu Banana.' It's nothingness.

— Matty Healy

I was a math and science kid in school, but I ended up going the route of writing and music in college.

— Stephen J. Dubner

Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a…

— Shirley Manson

I started out in the folk music world only because of the way my songs were written and performed, with just an…

— John Prine

There is some Eighties music that is just timeless. The melodies, the lyrics... I called it church. Church in club. You can…

— Grace Jones

I got tired of doing battle with people thinking I was a little weird because I wasn't in a band making happy,…

— Elliott Smith

Everyone seems so excited by the fact that music is more accessible, people can find new artists more easily and it's cheaper,…

— Romesh Ranganathan

Music, to me, was - is - representative of everything I like most in life. It's beautiful and fun, but very rigorous.…

— William J. Clinton

I try to use other songs or bands as reference points - it seems like the easiest way to get across what…

— Steven Soderbergh

I've always liked music that has a darker vein to it. I come from such a safe upbringing - very stable, classic…

— Tove Lo

Music has always been an important part of the 'Final Fantasy' series. The popular role-playing games have typically featured catchy, eclectic soundtracks…

— Jason Schreier

After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in…

— Quincy Jones

[ Lenny Kravitz] is really handsome, and I know I should be objective and think about his music, but up close, he…

— Jancee Dunn

When the music hits my head, I got no pain.

— $Teady

The music of the Gospel leads us home.

— Frederick William Faber

Heroin doesn't affect my musical life at all.

— Johnny Thunders

If I have one hero in music, it's John Cale.

— Mark Lanegan

The music speaks for itself!

— Miles Davis

I love music more than I love people.

— Jeff Mills

Songs are like sign posts in my life.

— Jimmy Barnes

Not everybody has to sing the melody.

— Pete Seeger