Music Quotes · Page 1,377

Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.

— Lee Trevino

When I look at how fortunate I've been, being a musician... my response to being overpaid is that I should pay it…

— Dave Matthews

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music.

— Van Morrison

When you know you have a good song, when you're onstage, even if it's just a weird, basic energy, you know your…

— Duff McKagan

I really like the city of Vienna. I like its art, its music and its architecture. In short, I like the culture…

— Eric Kandel

I was at a point where I was getting up and going to work, but I was drained. Gossip Girl gave me…

— Taylor Momsen

I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely…

— Sam Smith

And so they played some of the world's loveliest piano music - the exiled homesick girl, the humiliated, tired old man. Not…

— Eva Ibbotson

In the end, music was the only option open to me. It was a blessing I pursued it. I put all my…

— Dizzee Rascal

I'm not ashamed to admit that I've written some really bad songs and I've had some bad performances.

— Lindi Ortega

I was never into smart college boy music.

— Gene Ween

My debut album, 'Forget the World,' is all about not listening to the negativity around you and to continue to do what…

— Afrojack

“They fought because they loved the dance, and the weight of a sword in their hands. The clash and spark of metal…

— The Warrior Heir Cinda Williams Chima pg. 426

I loved musicals, and I loved Barbra Streisand, and I loved Louis Malle. My tastes were very bizarre, but the thing they…

— Ryan Murphy

I spent most of my 20s playing music. I was in a band, and we worked really hard and did not get…

— Fred Armisen

I only say this because a lot of people seem to think that if you're a musician you want to be a…

— Brooke Fraser

Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not…

— Julianne Moore

I try not to worry about other people's music. But if there's one thing that I hear these days, it's that people…

— Tim McGraw

What makes a great song - you dont put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It…

— Diane Warren

The idea is more important than the style you're playing in.

— Ornette Coleman

We didn't have any problem with 2Pac. We liked his music.

— Prodigy

I don't think I had a specific moment when I thought, "I'm not going to play music anymore." I just played less…

— Bill Orcutt

It never really occurred to me to seek out a female influence, a female musician.

— Nita Strauss

I cooked, which was pretty un-Australian. And I didn't really like Australian music... I preferred the New Romantics and punk and stuff…

— John Torode

I'm constantly on my toes and re-examining my own music.

— Daryl Hall

“The first thing on your to do list every weekend should always be to turn up the fucking music.”

— Lou Brutus

Writing music is just like writing a book.

— Billie Eilish

Stay away from those who would hang around you and drink and do drugs. Drugs are not the answer, because you have…

— Ronnie Radke

Angelo Badalamenti brought me into the world of music and that's really what gave me permission to get into it even though…

— David Lynch

And all meet in singing, which braids together the different knowings into a wide and subtle music, the music of living.

— Alison Croggon

A lot of Utah State when I was there, there was a lot of California guys. So, you get a lot of…

— Bobby Wagner

The person I would trust the most is my mom. She's just really creative... She's a playwright and she's a musician.

— Jazmine Sullivan

I was really a big fan of Loveless. At [the time it came out], I made music that was not too far…

— Christian Fennesz

My dad is in the music business in Nashville. I was the third child born in my family, and there are three…

— Chord Overstreet

I hate music. I wasted my life.

— Sonny Rollins

The genius of Rodgers and Hammerstein is that their songs become a part of the DNA of the audience.

— Nicholas Hammond

I'd become a corporate rock musician. I worked for 'Chris Rea.' He felt like another person. I even talked about him in…

— Chris Rea

Education ent only books and music - it's asking questions, all the time. There are millions of us, all over the country,…

— Arnold Wesker

Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have…

— Joshua Bell

I personally feel like the end product is always better when you can make a collective. It's like a band. You can…

— Nahnatchka Khan