Music Quotes · Page 604

Music is like a lover that I can't commit to, but I seem to always find myself in bed with.

— Meshell Ndegeocello

The sooner you start writing songs, the sooner you'll get better.

— Lewis Capaldi

I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

I chose people who would complement the songs that I put them on.

— Ahmad Balshe

Most musicians are normal people who want to hang out and are really down to earth.

— Sharon Van Etten

“Catch me I'm falling. Please hear me calling. Catch me before it's too late!”

— Brian Yorkey & Tom Kitt

Want to have a better day? Have music with breakfast, art with lunch, and dance after dinner.

— Anonymous

“Hearing tells you the music is playing. Listening tells you what the song is saying!”

— Rick Rigsby

I don't want to be that girl who has that same style all the time where the music always sounds exactly the…

— Bella Thorne

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking…

— Sean Lennon

The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of…

— Claude Debussy

You can't get a guitar player like Dweezil without his commitment to the work that it takes A) to be the musician…

— Gail Zappa

I realized, when I put all my music together, and the different genres that bleed together through my music, the home for…

— Jimmie Allen

If the Lord provides the music for the world around to sing, my love will build a castle in the air.

— The Bee Gees

It's important that my music makes a positive impact on my country, the reggae genre and the world.

— Koffee

Broadway musicals, where you sing the whole time, I really don't like; I like alternating dialogue and music.

— Pedro Almodovar

So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on…

— Mos Def

Since music is so important to me, I don't need to put in any extra effort to do this; it just flows…

— Armaan Malik

People always get it twisted, you know, "Is this the Ghostface Killah?" Man, it's whatever-whatever, you can name me Shithead if you…

— Ghostface Killah

The records that I like, they have life and warmth and soul in them. Like the slap back on Scotty Moore's guitar…

— Channing Tatum

"The Hallmark Sessions" is an extraordinary release. Breau plays beautiful chords (sounding a little like Johnny Smith in spots) and inventive single-note…

— Scott Yanow

Believe me, were I ever to accomplish anything, it would be in music, which has always attracted me; and, without overestimating myself,…

— Robert Schumann

I didn't have to sell my soul for money. I didn't have to go through trap music; I could just help Ye…

— Cyhi the Prynce

There are many influences in my music, not only blues. R&B, Motown, gospel, old timey, jazz, even classical are all part of…

— Rory Block

I like inventive melodies and chord changes, a little bit of creativity.

— Kim Shattuck

When I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.

— Marcel Proust

Writing songs is a solo activity, so, if I put my mind to it, I can do it.

— Joe Hisaishi

All a musician can do is to get closer to the source.

— John Coltrane

I'm old enough to know what music was like before rock & roll.

— Roger Glover

Guns 'N' Roses music was part of the fabric of all people.

— Steven Tyler

I think the key to the success of a music video lies in its concept and the overall look.

— Divya Khosla Kumar

I signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.

— Bruno Mars

“Patrick used to be popular, until Sam bought him some good music.”

— Stephen Chbosky

There's always a story in music, and it's expressed through my music.

— Ledisi

Music was far more tribal in the Eighties; you were into one band and that was it.

— Martin Kemp

I always thought I was singing American folk music.

— Lonnie Donegan

“So I'll be bold, as well as strong, and use my head alongside my heart.”

— Mumford & Sons

“Music is only a mystery to people who want it explained. Music and love are the same.”

— Simon Van Booy

My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years.

— Tina Yothers

I'm doing music that I like and that I hope other people will like too.

— Gary Wright