Music Quotes · Page 219

I don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each.

— Les Baxter

“If you want to make beautiful music,you must play the black note and the white notes together”

— Richard M. Nixon

The last thing I wanted to do was put politics into my music... because music was my escape.

— Gloria Estefan

I go to a club to relax and hear the music on a big sound system. I don't go to pull a…

— Katy B

“Music is something that I explore everyday and I don't get a day off.”

— Rohit Pandita

I feel like I found a sound that is unique to country music, in my own lane.

— Chris Lane

“And I could hear all these songs on the radio, but the radio wasn’t on.”

— Stephen Chbosky

I have always thought music as a way out of the ordinary mundane obligations of life.

— Martha Reeves

“Katsumi Hosokawa - (he) believed that life, true life, was something that was stored in music.”

— Ann Patchett

I have to say, music was always my self preservation survival technique. This sort of sacred space in my life and in…

— Jon Gordon

I want to do music that holds the heart of five members and send a message to my fans with the song.

— Kim Kyu-jong

I took a lot of long summer road trips with my dad, and the mix of music we listened to on the…

— Alex Ebert

Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people…

— Langston Hughes

So basically, I think music at its best can be everything. It can be totally stupid and very intellectual and emotional at…

— Ville Valo

I don't want to be an artist, go on tour and make a video and wear sexy clothes. I would just love…

— Rashida Jones

I listen to music all the time. I need music and I love music and I appreciate it. It inspires me.

— Lil B

It's funny, I played a social gig once - we were playing music that was rhythm based, but it was going in…

— Alexis Taylor

I've always loved music, but I never really played anything. After 'Walk the Line' and learning to play guitar, and having that…

— Joaquin Phoenix

IN PERSIA I SAW that poetry is meant to be set to music & chanted or sung--for one reason alone--because it works.A…

— Anonymous

But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all…

— Ice Cube

I write and produce what is on my heart - whatever I'm going through and whatever God is taking me through, and…

— Ricardo Sanchez

I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens…

— Lady Gaga

“We watch a sunlight dust dance, and we try to be that lively, but nobody knows what music those particles hear. Each…

— Rumi

The music is a personal expression, like art. It is something that you like doing that comes from within, and is an…

— Michael Schenker

Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature.

— Ravi Shankar

Like everything at Big Machine Label Group, the music comes out when it's ready.

— Scott Borchetta

I usually spend my weekends working on my music and videos.

— Jack Conte

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

— Jared Leto

We need all those divisions of country music, firing on all cylinders.

— Marty Stuart

Music can really affect the intensity of a workout. I love having it during cardio especially.

— Jamie Eason

I grew up on dancehall music, and it holds a strong place in my heart.

— Craig David

I started writing songs later in life because I just couldn't commit to it before.

— Perfume Genius

Music is life, it's a reflection of what I go through.

— Anonymous

Music is the one place where you can lose yourself and find yourself at the same time.

— Nishan Panwar

[On the music of Richard Strauss:] Too many notes!

— Nadia Boulanger

I want to own my masters. That's the main thing--owning all my music.

— Brent Faiyaz

I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.

— Bryan Ferry

When I was little, if the music was on I'd start to dance.

— Demond Wilson

My music is constantly changing because I am. I'm writing it and changing as I'm writing.

— Anne-Marie

We are all Christians in our band, and it comes out in our music. We want to be honest.

— Lacey Sturm