Music Quotes · Page 256

I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it.

— Thelonious Monk

I'm so happy with 'Grease' and 'Xanadu,' particularly because of the music in both films.

— Olivia Newton-John

Musicians are very mysterious and wonderful people to me; I don't know how they do it.

— John Updike

The idea of doing film and music together is an absolute dream.

— Dan Smith

I was trying to establish an identity in music, and black and white had nothing to do with it.

— Sam Phillips

“South Africa is where I was born and started out as a musician. Live your dream.”

— Lisa Goldin

I got to sing a wonderful song called 'I Ain't Down Yet.' Well, I ain't.

— Debbie Reynolds

“And the movement in your brain Sends you out into the rain”

— Nick Drake

Some thought it strange that we incorporated synthesizers in our music but the equipment was there so we just figured out a…

— Dusty Hill

Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something.…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a…

— Youssou N'Dour

We've always tried to do the right thing as far as getting our music out and encouraging people with positive music.

— B. J. Thomas

When I started to play with my fingernails, it was not just for volume. The most important thing was giving the guitar…

— Andres Segovia

TV has the unique opportunity to take musicals, live events, so it has that feeling and excitement and spontaneity, but still has…

— Marc Platt

You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.

— Quincy Jones

There's nothing wrong with a woman being proud of an element of her life that's talked about in rap music all the…

— Demi Lovato

I grew up listening to hits, and if I write something I feel, I think that's pretty mass appeal. I'm not very…

— Diane Warren

London is a very big city, Manchester is calmer. I live near the training ground, so I do things around there in…

— Juan Mata

“If in the past people would listen to music out of love for music, nowadays it roars everywhere and all the time,…

— Milan Kundera

Rock's gone soft, it's gone miserable and boring, there's not really much exciting about it. So it's important that we cross over,…

— Oliver Sykes

You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you…

— Ash Sweeney

I always come from a female perspective and a strong music base, trying to keep a positive slant on things. It's important…

— Nikka Costa

Actually, I never tell for whom my songs are written. It's a kind of superstition! I started writing songs for not having…

— Enrique Iglesias

Usually, I think it's best to play the song for them once and have them mix it up on the spot, because…

— Larkin Grimm

I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock.

— Brett Favre

Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.

— Marilyn Manson

New York City is a notoriously hard market to perform country music in.

— Trace Adkins

Drugs is like getting up and having a cup of tea in the morning.

— Noel Gallagher

It's very important to me that I at least know the history of the music.

— Trombone Shorty

Music is so abstract; it is a combination of words and melody.

— Shankar Mahadevan

I'm used to presenting programs about pop music, interviewing pop stars, and hosting awards.

— Miquita Oliver

Music is the child of prayer, the companion of religion.

— François-René de Chateaubriand

My taste in music and entertainment is quite eclectic.

— Yancy Butler

You know things have gone bad when military marches pass for pop music.

— James Patterson

I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.

— Banks

The music that I really jive with is the ELO sound and maybe Wings as well.

— Joe Keery

I don't think I've ever been particularly careerist about music.

— Ben Howard

When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.

— Tina Weymouth

It's my dream to make music that can make people feel like they're flying

— John Frusciante

I wanted to be a musician and studied vocals in London for a year and then I gave it up.

— Masaba Gupta