Music Quotes · Page 265

I have a classical music background. I studied violin and trumpet.

— Johnny Flynn

I love great music and if it doesn't move me I don't listen to it.

— Janelle Monae

I believe in the power of music. I believe in it absolutely. It's never failed me. Never.

— Michelle Shocked

A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it.

— Glenn Beck

I do not play to musicians. I play to the people.

— Dick Dale

Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies.

— Gary Wright

Music says nothing to the reason: it is a kind of closely structured nonsense.

— Woodrow Wilson

Sodom & Gomora is here and that proof's A LOT more clear

— C-DASH

If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a…

— Vera Nazarian

The Beatles are the classical music of rock n' roll. And rock n' roll is far more widespread than classical will ever…

— Lemmy

God is its author, and not man; he laid The key-note of all harmonies; he planned All perfect combinations, and he made…

— John Gardiner Calkins Brainard

Reason why we've lasted so long is we write music; we get very intense. We go away from each other, do our…

— Mike McCready

Most musicians count at the beginning, and never count and talk to their musicians after that. They only talk to them at…

— Roy Ayers

Music was such a love of mine. It was my way of exploring life, my internal world. To be honest, I don't…

— Trevor Hall

I have always had eclectic obsessions: astrophysics, music theory, the Mongol empire and its history, and the history of the Silk Road,…

— Kate McKinnon

As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and…

— Ian Anderson

There is a limited supply of excellent songs, but I am not the only one. Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters…

— Noel Gallagher

“There is something quite healthy to the feeling of anger. When you listen to music that makes you hate more the ones…

— Robin Sacredfire

I suffer from depression. Severe cases of it. Not one case of depression, not a severe case, but severe cases of depression.…

— Kevin Gates

I can think and play stuff in classical music that possibly violinists who didn't have access to other types of music could…

— Nigel Kennedy

Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow. If you…

— Freddie Hubbard

When you see the same familiar faces, it's nice when you get a chance to play with the same musicians. You start…

— David Sanborn

“I heard the universe as an oratorio sung by a master choir of stars, accompanied by the orchestra of the planets and…

— R.J. Anderson

“Gloria watched the swollen white orb of a hot-air balloon rising over Navy Pier and knew she had to break it off…

— Andrea Kayne Kaufman

Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind.

— Dave Brubeck

I force myself to care about the music end by wrestling with it for years.

— Dan Bejar

I've done songs in other languages. I know how hard it is.

— Luis Fonsi

Who am I to sit here and say I'm going to change the face of music?

— Jack Garratt

We think accolades are nice, awards are great, but we make music for the people.

— Redfoo

Women in country music have always been a staple and always been important.

— Kelsea Ballerini

Something touched me deep inside The day the music died.

— Don McLean

When I think about country music, I think about America.

— Johnny Cash

Music - it's motivational and just makes you relax.

— Taika Waititi

I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn.

— Luis Fonsi

We're not pop stars. Living with success is a job; it's the music that's dear to us.

— Curt Smith

I don't know why music should make people want to fight. It always makes me happy.

— Fats Domino

I have music in my head constantly. I have to have a soundtrack in my head.

— Bob Mould

By the grace of God, I'm the only person in my family with any musical ability.

— Jordan Fisher

“Its a matter of time that the money I make become a financial cake that I could eat everyday.”

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

I listen to Glee songs a lot. I like their rendition of "Bust the Window Out Your Car."

— Coco Jones