Music Quotes · Page 282

I really just dabble in music; I really just did a few albums for my fans.

— Claudia Christian

I tell people I'm big in the music business like a barnacle is big in shipping.

— Vance Gilbert

The European style of music is never really respected. There is no Grammy for European music.

— Jack Savoretti

“Songs are built by whimsy, faulty memory, and free association.”

— Sting

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship.

— Ravi Shankar

Who would want to break into [the music business]? It's like a bank that's already been robbed.

— Randy Newman

When I was coming up, there was only one way to listen to music, and that was on a Walkman.

— Chamillionaire

Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat.

— John Cage

A song ain't nothing but a conversation fixed up to where you can talk it over and over without getting tired of…

— Woody Guthrie

You can retire from your career after having a Beatle portray you in any sort of way, let alone in a music…

— Russell Mael

I want to produce the music to a movie that I'm working on, like what Prince did with 'Purple Rain.'

— The Weeknd

You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time.

— Alex Kapranos

This is what I wanted to do from the very beginning: write songs and make records and tour them with a good…

— Christopher Owens

Music is not merely a study, it is an entertainment; wherever there is music there is a throng of listeners.

— William C. Bryant

I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy.

— Usher

I came to London during what was called the second British invasion. The music was from Britain, the fashion was from Britain,…

— Patrick Cox

Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less…

— Kid Rock

There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery…

— Oliver Sacks

“lemonade, suntan lotion, books, espadrilles, sunglasses, colored pens, and music, which he listened to with headphones, so that it was impossible to…

— André Aciman

“She was in Paris, in a dazzlingly lit hospital room, listening to music on the radio. Music you wanted to dance to.…

— Nina George

I think when you write songs, you write about people... People are the source of my material. And London is a wonderful…

— Ray Davies

I want my music to be something that people use in order to access parts of themselves. So in that sense, every…

— Missy Mazzoli

I think that anybody can go home, put the record on, and listen to it note for note, but there's very little…

— Jay DeMarcus

I'm on that good kush and alcohol I got some down bitches I can call I don't know what I would do…

— Anonymous

Music is what you notice when it's no longer in your presence...

— Pat Metheny

“I had books and music and the ocean to swim in.”

— Kim Harrington

I think as I get older, I'm just going to start making smooth, new age music - no joke.

— Caroline Polachek

Kenny Burrell is a great musician and his music has helped to make me what I am today.

— Stevie Wonder

I describe myself as boring; all I do is work, and I'm a music lover.

— Perez Hilton

Great music has layers of things to discover. I try to do so every night.

— Yuja Wang

I am equally capable of doing club songs, slow rock songs and any other kind as well.

— Ankit Tiwari

Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.

— Marvin Bagley III

I want to experiment and include different elements of the music-making process in a song.

— Harrdy Sandhu

Sometimes listening to music is just the best way to ignore the world.

— Anonymous

I have a great affection for Indian culture and music.

— John McLaughlin

Music is my juice. I like building gear and making records.

— Matt Snell

My musical life started with hearing and being fascinated by contemporary music.

— Elliott Carter

What holds us together as a team now is music...and greed.

— The Beach Boys

“The door is open, but judging from the slow, mournful melody, I don't think he wants to talk.”

— Lyn Miller-Lachmann

An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.

— Artie Shaw