I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult'…

You told me that music matters..

— Faithless

In my whole life, I've had maybe 10 people who have told me how much my music means to them.

— David Berman

I've often been told that if music doesn't work out I could be a comedian.

— Jade Bird

I've been told that my music tells a story, but I don't know the story.

— Tristan Murail

Because in both TV and film every story under the sun is being told, and so music shouldn't be restricted to have to follow,…

— Hildur Gudnadottir

Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician

— Wynton Marsalis

I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.

— Anonymous

Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard part for…

— Esperanza Spalding

It's so easy to put music out that it's difficult to sift through stuff that I don't like to find stuff I do like.

— Mark Hoppus

I think all kinds of music are being made. No one hears them. There's so much emphasis on a certain kind of music. It's…

— Mirel Wagner

Especially in repetitive music, to make a long piece of music you have to be extremely skilled in your sleight of hand. Just to…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

I've found in composing that being simple and profound—having in-depthness in your music—is the most difficult thing to do. Anybody can write a whole…

— Horace Silver

I listen to music all the time, and I just choose things I like, or things that I've not used before. Sometimes I work…

— Wayne McGregor

I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston Symphony, and…

— James Taylor

Today, there's so many different types of music out there that it's difficult to keep up. Things do change; it's only natural.

— Dusty Hill