Music Quotes · Page 5

I was totally sober in college and really, really focused. I just took the time when other people might be partying and…

— K. Flay

I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being…

— Roger Ross Williams

I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with…

— Neil Diamond

For me, I like to be different. I didn't want to imitate another wrestler. I always try to find something from other…

— Shinsuke Nakamura

We have to keep in practice like musicians. Besides, there are still potentialities to be realized in color film. To us, it's…

— Edwin Land

I was young, but to me that was underground music. I had never heard anything like Venom or any of that stuff…

— David Pajo

And wheresoever, in his rich creation, Sweet music breathes--in wave, or bird, or soul-- 'Tis but the faint and far reverberation Of…

— Frances Sargent Osgood

“There had never been any talent, any talent to draw or paint or to make music or to write or to make…

— anne rice

I think my music has always been a mixture, depending on whom I'm working with - what band, what musicians, what producer.

— Matisyahu

My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies.

— Randy Bachman

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is…

— George Gershwin

I'm not technically proficient enough to attempt all kinds of music.

— Noel Gallagher

I just think music is one of those frontiers where people really want the "I" to be you.

— Regina Spektor

He [ the son]'s grown up listening to all types of music, and the natural form of rebellion is to find the…

— Solange Knowles

They look at what's more important, like subjects to help with the SAT's, etc. They miss that music is vital. It offers…

— Justin Guarini

Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and…

— Anais Nin

The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things…

— Mariah Carey

Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very…

— Noel Gallagher

A stadium tour would be amazing - that's definitely one of my goals. Just to keep putting out real, honest music that…

— Daya

The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.

— Brian Eno

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories…

— Trudi Canavan

I've always been a fan of old-time hymns and Scots-Irish dirges, though I wouldn't necessarily consider myself an expert on the type…

— Ryan Bingham

I do feel pressure from the outside world a little bit just because everybody wants new music, which is really nice. It…

— Alessia Cara

Music [is] the third rail of life. You grabbed it to shock yourself out of the dull drag of hours. To feel…

— Joe Hill

Justin represents HOPE, that is his brand. Small town musician makes good. Fans want him to succeed. Many see themselves in him.

— Scooter Braun