Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids. — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad. — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
Classical music is a special taste like Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology, not a common culture of reciprocal communication and psychological shorthand. — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
Music is how you feel. But if I can say one word, I'll say 'necessary.' I felt it was necessary. — Young Jeezy Copy Share Image
Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man — Abdullah Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I don't pay attention to sales because it's not about that for me. It's about the music. Music is all I have. — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I think that music, beats, melody, sound are a natural part of our DNA, our vibe. It’s just a part of the… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills. — Aaron Watson Copy Share Image
I'm sort of socially inept, so music is my way to connect to people. It's a means of socializing and having a… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to… — Stephan Jenkins Copy Share Image
Music is a place to take refuge. It's a sanctuary from mediocrity and boredom. It's innocent and it's a place you can… — Lisa Gerrard Copy Share Image
I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones "I Wanna… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The reality for me is simple. When music is written, it is usually categorized as classical. When it is improvised, it can… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Music is at once the most wonderful, the most alive of all the arts- it is the most abstract, the most perfect,… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The only ones that stand out to me are people like Jonathan Richman or Robyn Hitchcock, who can make you totally cry… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
There is no piece of music that could relate to anything else but itself and its world. It is truly an independent.… — Rafael Vinoly Copy Share Image
I thought "I don't need to reach out to my fans, I don't need to have that dialogue with them." But as… — Bryan Greenberg Copy Share Image
The purpose of music is to elevate the spirit and inspire. Not to help push some product down your throat. It puts… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
When I was home, traditionally since I was young, I'd write in cafés. That was the romantic notion in 1963. Café atmospheres… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
There was a time when people would go search out underground records. Now, underground means free, and people don't really care for… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The show is coming from the music. I get on the stage with the band, and I communicate with my musicians, and… — D'Angelo Copy Share Image
I'm really proud to be a woman making music. Nothing makes me happier than when other women approach me at shows and… — Bethany Cosentino Copy Share Image
