Music Quotes · Page 34

Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about…

— Sean Paul

There was a band very early on in our class, and I played in that band and as a teenager, I continued.…

— Agnes Obel

Especially with music, people want confidence.

— Grimes

Around 20. I'd been trying to transition from the streets to the music business, but I would make demos and then quit…

— Jay-Z

... Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he wanted was…

— Nick Gravenites

Every song I write, including 'Too Close,' always starts on the guitar.

— Alex Clare

When I started it still wasn't okay to be this age and still make this kind of music. And believe me, I…

— Pat Benatar

I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed.

— Artur Schnabel

A lot of times when I'm at home kickin' it, I don't even listen to hip hop. I listen to all types…

— Dr. Dre

Music is moral law. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, true and beautiful.

— Plato

I want to do television, film, music and designing. I want to do it all!

— Chanel Iman

I don't like to reveal anything about my personal relationships with artists because it is so sacred to me, but I will…

— Lady Gaga

Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.

— Greil Marcus

Because I usually write so autobiographically, it's nice to have someone else's story or a visual and just focus on the music.

— Amber Rubarth

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the…

— Stendhal

Music is our myth of the inner life.

— Susanne Katherina Langer

I wanna thank you for supporting me and my music and defending me from haters.

— Justin Bieber

My father was very interested in music, and when he and his brothers were young, they had a singing group that used…

— Carrie Mae Weems

'Lakshmi' is a dance film, a musical that deals with the emotional bond between the guru and his sishya.

— Prabhu Deva

Let your heart beat for music. Don't be a DJ for the wrong reasons, do it because you have a passion for…

— Jennifer Lee

In times of totalitarian or autocratic rule, music (indeed culture in general) is often the only avenue of independent thought. It is…

— Daniel Barenboim

I'd hit thirty, I'd sort of failed as a musician, I'd failed as an artist I felt at the time.

— Paul Kaye

I'm inspired by a lot of stuff. I always was interested in sculpture and painting and music and literature and all those…

— Frank Gehry

All the big loud housey songs came from the idea of 'I want to create the same song over and over again.'…

— C418

Harlem has always been the nexus of music, politics, culture, criminal figures.

— Cheo Hodari Coker