Music Quotes · Page 320

One reason people are turning to country music is because of that non-music called rap.

— Eddie Rabbitt

“Music is the melody that longs to be heard by someone who can appreciate it.”

— Suzette Vearnon

One whom the music of his own vain tongue doth ravish like enchanting harmony.

— William Shakespeare

What I think is the universal, wonderful thing about music, is that it's very inclusive.

— Linda Ronstadt

To me, punk rock isn't a style of music, it's something you live.

— Shavo Odadjian

Being Jewish is a culture and a religion; we have food, music, and land specific to us.

— Ari Shaffir

Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't.

— Johnny Depp

For me, music is in no way ornamental or decorative, it's constitutive of who I am.

— Cornel West

Everything that comes out of Canada musically, I support. I support Toronto 100% because I'm on the side of the music.

— Tory Lanez

People's attentions spans are getting shorter and shorter. I don't want to cater to that necessarily but, just for myself, it feels…

— Phil Elvrum

“I let his words fall around me like music; not understanding every line but enjoying the sound they make.”

— Clare Mackintosh

When you sing others musicians' tunes for 20 years, you tend to get lost as a musician. You lose focus on how…

— KK

'Despacito' started with a melody hook that I had with my guitar only. The beat for this track came after I wrote…

— Luis Fonsi

“A blanket could be used to make sweet, sweet music with the love of your life. Hopefully that person is me, because…

— Jarod Kintz

“Wild Horses" started in a B-minor chord, and Stu didn't play minor chords, "fucking Chinese music.”

— Keith Richards

I wanted to be a composer for a while, and for a while, and maybe still, I found writing music much easier…

— Shane McCrae

[Being in the States] is almost like being on a holiday. It's kind of annoying because everyone's like "Oh, you're so obsessed…

— Marina and the Diamonds

“Neighbor to neighbor. It is a mentality that has been fostered over centuries, since the earliest settlers realized the only way to…

— Jim DeFede

After the first three or four years of me taking rap seriously, it started to look more promising. I started booking shows…

— Dave East

Strange indeed is human nature. Here were these men, to whom murder was familiar, who again and again had struck down the…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I try not to be influenced when it comes to being creative, just in order to sustain my own voice and character.…

— Doc Brown

I had to beg to get out of my contract with Capitol. They wanted me to work with big producers. I wanted…

— Hope Sandoval

I'm most proud of my career as a touring comedian and musician. I love doing television, I love selling records, but when…

— Trixie Mattel

By the eighties, a lot of radio stations had started playing "Sixties" music. They called it "Classic Rock," because they knew we'd…

— Dave Barry

Nobody asks me about what male musicians I think about; I only ever get asked about females.

— Lorde

Everyone likes to laugh. Everyone likes to dance along to some music.

— Chris Gethard

I love playing music, I love my dog, and I love my family.

— Tyler Posey

I love music videos, I really do. I think it's kind of sad that it's a dying art form.

— Adam Levine

Songs sung under duress are often very powerful.

— Henry Rollins

Actually, I hear a lot of rock music. My husband is a big rock fan.

— Dolly Parton

I've kind of shut myself off to a lot of new music because I don't want to be influenced by it.

— Hoodie Allen

Life without music is meaningless, music without life is academic.

— Leonard Bernstein

I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually.

— Marc Newson

“MY ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS BECAUSE WHILE I STAND STILL MY VIBRATIONS STILL MOVE YOU”

— Qwana Reynolds-Frasier

“You cannot expect all the heroes to survive a good song”

— Joe Abercrombie

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.

— David Lee Roth

This music isn't Top 40, we really stand out from anyone.

— Dustin Diamond

Vibration is at the heart of nature. Music allows us to feel it.

— Glenn Kurtz

“I think the most important thing about screaming in our music is the urgency of it.”

— Lacey Sturm

I'm an artist. I produce, I direct, and all of that goes into the music.

— Travis Scott