Music Quotes · Page 966

I am neither hurt nor disturbed by the occasional backbiting and criticism from my colleagues. By and large, the music industry has…

— Himesh Reshammiya

I don't really like meetings, I like recording and performing music. I need to set myself up for when the time does…

— Chance the Rapper

“The greatest mathematics has the simplicity and inevitableness of supreme poetry and music, standing on the borderland of all that is wonderful…

— Robert Turnbull

I was studying primary school education. I was going to be a teacher. I was going to get my teaching qualification and…

— Jack Garratt

I always dreamed of playing music with my father. But my voice is so scratchy, I only sing in the shower.

— Rohan Marley

I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and…

— Jerry Harrison

I've always loved music. I grew up with older brothers and sisters who were into music, played The Beatles and the Rolling…

— Hope Sandoval

This was during a period when I was producing Brazil '66 records and got infected by Brazilian music.

— Herb Alpert

I wanted it to be about the music, so maintaining that is kind of difficult. But it's something I found made the…

— Gabriella Wilson

It wasn't until I found my tribe of artists - people who were outspoken and not afraid to say what they thought,…

— Cote de Pablo

About myself I have no great illusions. I know what I am. I know what I'm good at. I know what I…

— Keith Richards

I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a…

— Damien Chazelle

I think it is the weak and the young and the minorities that you need to look after to get a healthy…

— Peter Gabriel

Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the…

— John Wayne

It's funny how concert dreams are such a recurring thing among musicians. It's like how everyone has that dream of their teeth…

— Kevin Parker

When I was growing up, every show had live music. Now, almost none have live music. Probably 97 percent of the shows…

— Michael Giacchino

I saw my first Broadway show when I was 10 years old. I saw 'Big: The Musical' and I remember going out…

— Erich Bergen

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.

— Gustav Mahler

For me, music is therapeutic, so the songs that came to me the easiest came from the most devastating moments of my…

— Bret Michaels

I'm glad that, despite everything, I was able to get work done and finish something. I never finish anything. So just being…

— Zachary Cole Smith

Honestly I don't listen to lot of English music. I listen to lot of Bollywood music and my favourite singer is Shoaib…

— Ravichandran Ashwin

I'm in a position I never imagined I'd be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live…

— Ben Sollee

Singing was always the thing - I played some leads in musicals. Then when I went to college, I joined a singing…

— Ken Howard

Shout out to J. Cole. We come from the same type of struggles. He put the real in his music, I put…

— Jay Rock

I speak in reality. I don't try to hide anything from anybody, and that's the most dangerous thing about our music that…

— Marilyn Manson

A lot of my friends are struggling musicians. Being a struggling actor, it's just frustrating because you're not allowed to do what…

— Gina Gershon

[Slogan of her 'Trouble Bureau' for needy artists and musicians:] Happiness is a change of trouble.

— Malvina Hoffman

Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both…

— Ira Sachs

Ultimately, musicians of the world must come to realize the potential of their calling... If the musician is illuminated from within, he…

— Kenny Werner

Youngsters in Punjab have a borrowed mindset, music and fashion sense from Canada and Hollywood because a large number of our relatives…

— Diljit Dosanjh

There was such hostility to the idea of a banjo being a black instrument. It was co-opted by this white supremacist notion…

— Rhiannon Giddens

I don't particularly love live performance of my music. I love writing and recording, but you can't make money off of that.

— Ben Rosenfield

Music is a huge inspiration to my style. I first got into it when I was 10: the new wave mod scene.

— Maxine Peake

Music is how you feel. But if I can say one word, I'll say 'necessary.' I felt it was necessary.

— Young Jeezy

I grew up with this rough-around-the-edges, unpolished kind of vibe my whole life, and then my mum listened to, like, Top 20…

— G Flip

Listening to your favorite song before bed can help you sleep better, wake up easier and enhance your mood for the upcoming…

— Anurag Prakash Ray

The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.

— Anonymous

I'm probably the most successful Celtic bard of my generation, who projected this style and this image and this casketful of magical…

— Donovan

We are able to speak for ourselves through our music rather than being defined and put into the spotlight in a very…

— Shingai Shoniwa

Classical music is a special taste like Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology, not a common culture of reciprocal communication and psychological shorthand.

— Allan Bloom