“Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains ” — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you listen to the lyrics of a song it feels like they were written just for you. — James Merrow Copy Share Image
Though music oft hath such a charm to make bad good, and good provoke to harm. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Musical success depends on how much you enjoy it and how much you are willing to put in. Luck must follow, too. — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
Geoff Muldaur was and is one of my musical heroes. When I listen to him sing and play, I can hear the… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
The music business is a place where the artists are all treated like we're working for the people who are working for… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I would love for people to enjoy our music and have feelings from it. That's all I can hope for. — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
I be turnt when I'm making music videos, and then I'll just do a different dance in each one that I haven't… — NLE Choppa Copy Share Image
I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni,… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
We come from a more alternative rock band background, and it's interesting to see the things that people think we should or… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
Last year I was 16, it was my first round of releasing music. Since then I've been working more on having an… — Loren Gray Copy Share Image
Words created divergencies between beings, because their precise meanings put an opinion around the idea. Music only retains the highest and purest… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music,… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I did psychology at university, but I wouldn't say that my music is too influenced by it. The way I make music… — Bakermat Copy Share Image
That's where all good music comes from, I think - anything that's likely to have an impact on pop culture comes from… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
What I can say is that for may years jazz musicians had to go to Europe, for instance, to be respected and… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
“Jungle's sound-world constitutes a sort of abstract social realism; when I listen to techstep, the beats sound like collapsing (new) buildings and… — Simon Reynolds Copy Share Image
When I was sixteen, I danced before an audience without music. At the end someone suddenly cried 'its Death and the Maiden'.… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't. — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
Symphony musicians are not trained in improvising, certainly not in a jazz style. — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
Poetry itself is music. I'm just lucky that I can convert it into music. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
Music takes me where I go. I'm always open to wherever the journey will take me. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated. — Kara DioGuardi Copy Share Image
I come from a town of great musicians: Washington, D.C. It's no joke, that history. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“You Like Music, I Like Music, I Can Tell We’re Going to Be Friends” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Music can affect for good or ill the body as well as the mind. — Tomas Luis de Victoria Copy Share Image
A lot of people gave up on us, but we kept kicking and making music. — Brian Littrell Copy Share Image
We all have different relationships with music. But the music is always there — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
