The Beatles are the most credible band in the history of…

We've had to develop a super-thick skin. We've been beaten up more than any band in history.

— Steve Lukather

We were the only band in history that was directed by an ass.

— Scotty Moore

Queen is my all-time favorite band in history. I was an obsessive growing up after I discovered them at 10 at summer camp.

— Adam F. Goldberg

Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the…

— Christian Scott

I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would…

— Tom Stoppard

The history of music is nothing more than the history of art-music or classical music, the music that was commissioned by aristocrats.

— Frank Fairfield

So I did a program with the Recording Academy, the Grammy Museum. So pretty much they take, like, one hundred kids during the summer…

— Giveon

Aesthetically, I love the whole history of the music.

— Jon Gordon

There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest…

— Evan Parker

A lot of church music really inspired me. A lot of ancient music that's made for God. If you get really into the history…

— Weyes Blood

People tend to forget that we tie our life history to music like the soundtrack to your life in many more ways than just…

— John Seagall

I wanted to be a film composer because I heard scores that could stand alone, from 'Vertigo' to 'Star Wars' to 'La Dolce Vita,'…

— Alexandre Desplat

I just want my music to measure up to. Part of it's just thinking about my place in history and how this music is…

— John Legend

You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you…

— John Lydon

I don't know anything about the history of music.

— Sia Furler