Music Quotes · Page 55

Any musical output is emotional.

— Sid Sriram

When nobody was there for me, music was.

— Jelly Roll

Let the music defuse all the tension.

— Kanye West

The music is supposed to be healing.

— Jeff Mangum

I love to write music and poetry.

— Naturi Naughton

The Grammys are just the pinnacle of music.

— Kelsea Ballerini

“I will play the swan. And die in music.”

— William Shakespeare

A hungry mob is an angry mob.

— Bob Marley

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

— Victor Hugo

I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind.

— Graham Nash

Me and my family, we've all grown so much. I've grown as a musician and entertainer.

— Keyshia Cole

I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.

— Joe Nichols

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

— Brian Setzer

Every day, the approach to life changes. And that's what music is all about to me.

— Rick Ross

Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music.

— Allan Bloom

We have to be evangelists for music. We couldn't just be high priests of music.

— Simon Rattle

I ended up doing a local AmDram musical when I was nine or so. We had to sing and dance and act.…

— Gemma Chan

I have been making music since I was a kid. I have written music since I was, like, seven or eight. I…

— Joyner Lucas

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if…

— Merry Clayton

I heard a lot of different kinds of music. I heard country music, I heard jazz, I heard symphonic music, opera, everything…

— Pauline Oliveros

Music is the only sensual gratification which mankind may indulge in to excess without injury to their moral or religious feelings.

— Joseph Addison

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.

— Eva Burrows

There's music to dance to and make love to, music to cry to. I'm starting from scratch, coming fresh. But my sound…

— El DeBarge

“I'm a peasant I'm the muzhik A pest you're destined to play the music And yes it's pleasant to say it's beauty…

— Criss Jami

“Why was under the bed the cavern of no return? Didn’t Lace miss her earrings, her left shoe, her prayer books, her…

— Anita Valle

“...the kind of music that God must hearing, no matter how busy or distracted, because it comes out of hundreds of square…

— Simon Armitage

I have truly eclectic taste in music, and I seem to cycle through phases in terms of to what's inspiring me. I'll…

— Rachel Miner

A lot of people would say "well that's not a bad reputation. you sound like a pussy" and I would say yea.…

— Joan Jett

Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be…

— Kacey Musgraves

Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor's stereo. So, as in life, music…

— Tyler Perry

One of my main problems with music is that the basic formula is always the same: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, verse,…

— Buzz Osborne

When the musical keyboard was created in the 1970's, you had electronic geeks that had no background in music created these devises…

— David Bowie

Music is my higher power

— Oliver James

I don't write the songs; I just write 'em down.

— Bob Dylan

Nothing in music is hard, just unfamiliar.

— Kenny Werner

Music is hugely important to me.

— Rashida Jones

I just want to focus on creating more music.

— Badshah

Music is for the ears, not the ears.

— Adele

I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.

— Randy Newman

Families without songs are unhappy families.

— Pat Conroy