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
there are two kinds of music - good music and bad music. Good music is music that I want to hear. Bad… — Fran Lebowitz 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 mean, I do consider that my music is pop because Ive been influenced by pop music my whole life; I grew… — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
I just feel that music is a great life because it's very rewarding. It's a gratification. You do this for yourself, and… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
My music is - I don't want to say my main focus, but it's what comes most naturally to me. — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away. — Peter Tork 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
My life with the Beatles had become a trap... I always remember to thank Jesus for the end of my touring days;… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I think sometimes could I only have music on my own terms, could I live in a great city, and know where… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
For me the music is not so much anger as much as it is of passion. And I've always associated that kind… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
There's a great relationship between pop music and the way the body could be seen from the inside - when I was… — Jenny Hval 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
My friends: Music is the language of spirits. Its melody is like the frolicsome breeze that makes the strings quiver with love.… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
