Music Quotes · Page 968

The pace that Bob Marley set in reggae music, on such a positive and widespread level, is something that I want to…

— Koffee

Studying James Fauntleroy, I learned it's okay to write a bad song. Just write another one the next day and hope that…

— Syd

There's a lot of other artists doing things outside of that depth that I enjoy - that music that I can actually…

— Kendrick Lamar

Older audiences are hard to win over. They're very specific in their tastes and critical of new music.

— Melanie Fiona

Maybe my great struggle, and it's probably not anything different from too many other people, but it certainly is what drives the…

— El-P

AWAL's steadfast commitment to my creative autonomy has been essential in providing me the space and freedom to create music on my…

— Laufey

Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.

— Tony Visconti

Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I…

— Steve Albini

I don't listen to a lot of music at all. I think that's very bizarre too, because it was such a comfort…

— Lauryn Hill

There is a general place in your brain, I think, reserved for melancholy of relationships past. It grows and prospers as life…

— Kary Mullis

I talked to my mom while I was on 'American Idol,' and when I told them I wanted to quit, they don't…

— Benson Boone

So much respect is given to artists who are doing things that seems sort of timeless and legitimate. That kind of legitimacy…

— Ron Mael

I got a naughty thrill out of listening to music that was that dirty, especially being that young and able to listen…

— Moshe Kasher

When Josh and I are recording a record, we're very mindful of how the music will manifest itself live. That's where we…

— Tyler Joseph

I'm an advocate of music in schools. It's important to me that music is in as many schools as possible across this…

— Chrisette Michele

Michael Clarke Duncan and I met at a music festival that was honoring films, and we happened to be seated next to…

— Nikki Blonsky

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

— Roy Ayers

“Music Has No Religion Nor Gender. See Its a ___W___A___V____E___ and You Can Modify It !!! So What You Are Up To..…

— Sundeep Lal

For more than 15 years, Mogwai has built a reputation on its monstrous ambitions for rock music.

— Anthony Fantano

I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth.

— Colin Hay

When I'm writing music, I'm not playing a character. I'm not Alice Cooper or Gene Simmons or someone like that, who has…

— Trent Reznor

My musical ambitions are not that great. I make music I like, and thankfully - for my ability to make an (fairly...)…

— Varg Vikernes

Some people say that music isn't something you are; it's something you do. It's having a constant desire to share and express.…

— Negash Ali

I have always followed my instincts when it comes to music and life in general. They were telling me very loudly that…

— John Michael Montgomery

Summer: Hair gets lighter. Skin gets darker. Water gets warmer. Drinks get colder. Music gets louder. Nights get longer. Life gets better.

— Anonymous

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.

— Lukas Foss

“Sometime in October, one of his friends walked by and called him 'Chris.' (A name, at last. 'Say it loud and there's…

— Rainbow Rowell

Starting out with music, I was very successful, and me getting into film, I definitely look forward to giving it my all.…

— Flo Rida

I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.

— Paul Lansky

There's such an energy and emotion to rock music, which is a lot of the reason I go back to '60s and…

— Jim Root

I've always loved space in music, when songs are allowed to breathe and aren't muddied or weighed down by unnecessary production elements.

— Gracie Abrams

I'm pretty optimistic about the future of rock... it will be back to composition as in classical music or jazz.

— Jimmy Page

I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these…

— Edie Falco

I don't really think about what people think of my music, and how they listen to it or what my demographic is.

— Melanie Martinez

“You don't necessarily meet a lot of people in this world. Not when you let yourself get distracted by music and the…

— Michael Cunningham

I think Spotify really does help. If you're going with the evolution of music these days, it's only becoming more and more…

— Jessica Origliasso

The music in the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] is very much hand-picked specifically because it's our history and our traditions. The themes…

— Karla Souza

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

— John Legend

The beautiful, passionate, ruined South, the land of magnolias and music, of roses and romance . . . living on the memory of crushing defeats

— Oscar Wilde

I've learned how much of an impact that music has on people. I get messages all the time from people telling me…

— Jason Derulo