The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought. — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
For me music is so passionate. I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. — Elton John Copy Share Image
Music is, I think, the best way to... not forget, but to just escape for a moment. — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
Dance, like music, is the expression of the human spirit. Dance is 'visual music'. — S. Janaki Copy Share Image
For me, if the music is good, whether the artist is famous or unknown, I love being part of the music and… — Tony Levin Copy Share Image
I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me. So I have to cover… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
Great art is a regional thing. I'm not saying my art is great. I recognize what I think is great about music… — Joel Plaskett Copy Share Image
Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad… — Amy Lee Copy Share Image
Music is one of the highest art forms there is. It can define a life, change a life, or even safe a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Song falls silent, music is dumb, But the air burns with their fragrance, And white winter, on its knees, Observes everything with… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I ain't makin' music for the media. I make music for the people in the streets - that want a street level… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
I was doing my music because it was fun, and I always was like, "If it becomes a business, or it becomes… — Cakes da killa Copy Share Image
My approach to music is very deep. I do not compromise with anybody or anything else in the world. I do not… — Nikhil Banerjee Copy Share Image
My great joy is to give form to reality. Music is a great release, a great enjoyment to me. Eventually I'd like… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
For me music is central, so when one's talking about poetry, for the most part Plato's talking primarily about words, where I… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Music is a lot more like solving an intricate puzzle with moments of pure, random creative bliss... whereas painting is much more… — Brandon Boyd Copy Share Image
My favorite way of working is if somebody gives me a piece of music, because I'm quite limited as a player, so… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, when music is just blasting out it seems like it's overcompensating for something missing in the song's structure. When I think… — Babatunde Adebimpe Copy Share Image
For me, music is sort of my passion, more so than being an actor. I just never tried to make a career… — Steve Kazee Copy Share Image
Enjoy it - making music is a wonderful way to spend your life.. but do it for the love before a career… — Nigel Godrich Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
I've got childhood friends who are working for non-profit foundations, or who are running for state senate and doing things that actually… — Greg Saunier Copy Share Image
Music is what is going to save me," "On the bad days, when I have to look at the cold, hard facts… — Phoebe Snow Copy Share Image
I think all of us set out to try and reach as many people. That's the whole point of being in a… — Daniel Taylor Copy Share Image
Fact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra .… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
Music goes way back before language does. And music is like the key to a whole spiritual existence which this society doesn't… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever. — George Strait Copy Share Image
Music is an emotional experience, and that is what imprints itself on the soul. — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
Music is something that even when you close your eyes it gets into your body. — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
It's not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
