Music Quotes · Page 261

A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.

— Gloria Estefan

With music you can express any emotion, you can paint pictures.

— Sun Ra

If you want to kill off a child's interest in music, get them a recorder.

— Lawrence English

I think times have changed, and there's no dearth of talent in the music industry.

— Shankar Mahadevan

'Drip or Drown 2' is more me, more songs. I enhanced it more, even with the cover itself.

— Gunna

I don't find writing for the theater that different from writing a rock song.

— David Bryan

I've written 90 percent of the songs in my career, on all my albums.

— Toby Keith

Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself.

— Michala Petri

Before I even became a guitar player, I wanted to be a Beatle. That was my first dream as a musician, was…

— Paul Gilbert

The movie industry is one big collaboration. Music gives me that freedom to create things straight from my heart and my mind.

— Ice Cube

The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness.

— Loren Eiseley

“Even your misstatement makes language play harmoniously within our ears to initiate a melody of newness.”

— Sarah Chergui

It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs -…

— David Nail

There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it within our power to…

— Pete Seeger

I really wanted a guitar. As A little boy I used to tell people I was going to be a musician. They…

— Steve Young

“sentimental music has this great way of taking you back somewhere at the same time that it takes you forward, so you…

— Nick Hornby

Music is the way I understand how to communicate now, the way that I've learned how to communicate... but it will eventually…

— Todd Rundgren

We've played so many places where, if you asked people, 'Do you like jazz?' they would be like, 'Not at all.' But…

— Kamasi Washington

I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music…

— Quincy Jones

I think it's hard to really write a song that will educate someone because songs are meant to be ... you don't…

— John Legend

I came to writing kind of late. I was an engineer, and the one thing I've learned is that you have to…

— George Saunders

Music may give ya an illusion of happiness,but illusions don't solve real problems!You may feel good for a second,but the next moment…

— Anonymous

The repercussions of what you put out and what people gravitate to in your music never registered at all. I never had…

— Beck

There are so many things I want to do. Like, I want to get an artist, a musician, a photographer, and a…

— Channing Tatum

I like African music but also R&B, rap, alternative rock, and classic.

— Mousa Dembele

Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation.

— Armando Iannucci

Me listening 2 music (warriors imagine dragons nightcore)

— Anonymous

Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.

— Yuna

I have literally been working in music just about my entire life.

— Eddie Trunk

You can change the way you think by listening to different types of music

— Nikhil Saluja

I am working on 'Bombay Velvet'. The music for it is jazz from the '60s.

— Amit Trivedi

In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.

— Terry Bozzio

My obligation is to release the music the way Frank [Zappa] released it.

— Gail Zappa

SAD!' is definitely one of my go-to songs when I want to vibe.

— Tee Grizzley

Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music

— Shania Twain

I believe that music videos give us an opportunity as actors to play a different character.

— Gautam Rode

The hardest part about being in Radiohead is listening to my own music.

— Thom Yorke

The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.

— Jimmy Rushing

I don't feel like anybody can stop me when it comes to music.

— Dinah Jane

Festival line-ups should have all types of music. It's part of cultural growth.

— Sigrid