Music Quotes · Page 565

Elliott Carter does not write the kind of music that the kids go off to school whistling.

— Andre Previn

Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it's really difficult.

— Robert Palmer

Music expresses first of all sadness rather than joy.

— Ignacy Jan Paderewski

You've got to separate the singer and the songs.

— Van Morrison

The songs become the show, which is how it should be.

— Kristin Hersh

We want MySpace users to connect with celebrities in the same way that they do with musicians.

— Tom Anderson

I never wanted to be singer. People in my family love music, and I pursued it as a hobby.

— Parineeti Chopra

There is the music that we make, and the music that makes us.

— Rich Mullins

Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change.

— Cliff Martinez

What I liked about working with Palmbomen and him being a super crate digger and super well known with all this exotic…

— Sam de Jong

Sound is the force of creation, the true whole. Music then, becomes the voice of the great cosmic oneness and therefore the…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

I'm a big cultural pusher when it comes to hip-hop, disco music, comedy, all that stuff that I love.

— Deon Cole

If you are a reader of 'Harper's Bazaar,' to me, you are a woman who loves fashion, but not just fashion; you…

— Carine Roitfeld

I pay a lot of attention to the people I let surround me. I learn something from those people and from everyone…

— J Balvin

The best part of touring is the opportunity to make the music. You get to do what you love and have the…

— Matisyahu

“Where science is a dignified waltz in three-quarter time, magic is an improvised saxophone solo: all gut checks and synchronicities.”

— Michael G. Williams

I love music - really a lot. That's why I do it. But mine just never makes it, to me. There's always…

— Allan Holdsworth

Music is made to be heard, whether you hear it in concert, you hear it on the radio, or you hear it…

— Vinnie Paul

... there is a lightness about the feminine mind--a touch and go--music, the fine arts, that kind of thing--they should study those…

— George Eliot

In our profession someone can be very brilliant and acquire total technical mastery. Yet in the last resort, the only thing that…

— Herbert von Karajan

I'm sure if we had made an album that was more traditional would have been released immediately. When we actually play this…

— Mick Taylor

I really truly love all styles of music. A lot of people say that, but the first station they turn to when…

— John 5

I always say that you should just listen to it and see what you think it sounds like it is. I don't…

— Tinsel Korey

I do believe young people should be obligated to try different types of music - that is what education is. But once…

— Michael Hersch

We've made music to boost people up, make people happy and to inspire them.

— Leigh-Anne Pinnock

I have many musical inspirations, but I would really love to just be me. My very own artist.

— Thia Megia

I think my music is more personal than most of the music I'm hearing.

— Dave East

I think of music as fuel, its spectrum of energy governed by tempi, volume, and heart.

— Twyla Tharp

The music of life is in danger of being lost in the music of the voice.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Imaginatively Glasgow exists as a music hall song and a few bad novels.

— Alasdair Gray

We have songs like 'Holiday in My Head,' which has that 'All Star' vibe to it.

— Steve Harwell

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

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

— Randy Newman

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

— Ravi Shankar

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

— Sting

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

— Jack Savoretti

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

Tom would bring in songs, Mike would engineer, and we recorded about 30 songs.

— Benmont Tench