Music Quotes · Page 793

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

— Grimes

A lot of the demos I write are all in English, so releasing music in English isn't translating to English, it's just…

— Henry Lau

I was the first white British woman to reach No 1 on the R&B chart - the American black music chart.

— Lisa Stansfield

Music is a weapon of the future / music is the weapon of the progressives / music is the weapon of the…

— Fela Kuti

We also listen to PJ Harvey; a lot of driving music. You need something a little more relaxing in the car.

— Brody Armstrong

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds. Have no fear for atomic energy, 'Cause none of them…

— Bob Marley

If I have to work in McDonalds, fine - I had a really great run and made a living at music for…

— Juliana Hatfield

right' i said. 'but first, we need the car. and after that, the cocaine. and then the tape recorder, for special music,…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I work because I love it. It's a projection of myself. It allows me to express my enthusiasm for music and film…

— Paul Gambaccini

You were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid - things you liked - on the…

— Ken Robinson

I'm honored and thankful to be partnering with the prestigious CFDA as one of the men's wear ambassadors for fashion week. My…

— J Balvin

To propel our Louisiana culture into the future seems to be quite a task, but if one lives for the music as…

— Michael Doucet

I feel like Nashville has really embraced me with open arms. I was a little worried at first; you know, everybody knows…

— Cassadee Pope

When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and…

— Finn Andrews

I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and…

— Ashlee Simpson

If you look at somebody like Bach, he didn't need collaborators to write for keyboards, cello, violin or anything else. I feel…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

Through singing, I met my second husband, Jonathan, who is a professional musician. He transformed our lives and relieved me of much…

— Jane Hawking

My autobiography would be 'Loves music, loves art, works hard, writes music, tours the world, makes records.'

— Steven Wilson

My mom and dad sang in the church choir. They also had a local group. They loved music, especially my dad.

— Gladys Knight

Music scores your life. You interact with it. It becomes the soundtrack to that one summer with that one girl.

— Chris Milk

I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be…

— Nellie McKay

I think that for a lot of us gay people, we do feel that pop is our music. We identify with it…

— Rostam Batmanglij

I just want people to listen to the music and get something from it, whatever it may be. Whether it's a catchy…

— Kodie Shane

When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music.

— Duncan Sheik

As a musician, you are all the music that you absorb into your mind; that just subconsciously connects.

— Kali Uchis

I was babysitting the night High School Musical premiered last year. I watched with the kids and we sang along to the…

— Monique Coleman

I like to say that I had a really good musical education because it was inclusive of all styles of music and…

— Joe Louis Walker

“He begged hard, and said he couldn't play—a plausible excuse, but too thin; there wasn't a musician in the country that could.”

— Mark Twain

There's enough people that do unfunny music. I'll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.

— Al Yankovic

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a…

— Michael Franti

My life in Hollywood surrounded by celebrities became a point of view for me - sports, fashion, music, film, arts, and politics…

— John Van Hamersveld

I just want to make great music. There's not a genre that I would categorize it as, but I want it to…

— Justine Skye

I had been in a band in college. You kind of need to make a choice between going the music route or…

— Chip Esten

The jazz records come out a lot. You find that with many musicians - we don't listen to our own music for…

— Simon Rattle

I fought doing dance music as a solo artist for a long time. I always thought there was a ceiling with it.

— Becky Hill

I find reading books about music is sometimes tricky, because you can't hear it. But when you read a book about filmmaking,…

— Bear McCreary

I someday hope to find the time and coin to invest more of my creative energy towards the visual media side of…

— Sturgill Simpson

I had a vision of bringing two cultures together, and I have said this in the past: my goal is to bring…

— Nora Fatehi

Recorded music has always been in a sense promotion for live performance, and some artists have discovered that giving it away is…

— Todd Rundgren

My mom was heavily in the arts; my entire family, they're all musicians and draw. They have much more artistic talent than…

— Kendrick Sampson