Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
To say that you like music is a bit like saying youlike the whole world. — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties. — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
My belief is that the music is always stronger than the performer: there is always something new, something we learn, whether at… — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
My original idea for the cover was better - decapitate Paul - but he wouldn't go along with it. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie and other hip hop artists in the 90s. To this day, their music is still… — Michael Isabella Copy Share Image
I don't think people in power have the potential to do anything like that to me. I feel as though as long… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
To me, Gospel music is really any music that's a testimony and tells a story of what God has done in your… — Laura Allen Copy Share Image
I think the music is relevant and if people are into the music, they're going to be into it regardless of when… — Jenny Hoyston Copy Share Image
The late Bill Nye once said, 'I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it sounds. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Bashing the elite is what I'm all about in my music because they absolutely don't deserve the privileged position that they're in,… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I think music is better listened to with other people. Music is better shared. It depends what situation you're in - if… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
You think about, like, [20th-century classical composers] Alban Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern sitting around in some living room in Vienna and being… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Since I'm doing so much science, I think the reason these ideas have occurred to me and not to other people in… — Dave Soldier Copy Share Image
It's just all love. That's what music is. That's why music is created. To make people feel good, to uplift people. That's… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I'm one of the guys who wants to watch the film completely done, with special effects, sound and music, because I tend… — Luke Ford Copy Share Image
I used to think that music was like lace upon a garment, nice to have but not necessary. I have come to… — George Eastman Copy Share Image
Music being “good or bad” is a flawed idea. Artists make what they want to make and we either connect with it… — Jacob Bannon Copy Share Image
A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling.… — Gotye Copy Share Image
I have a notebook that I take with me everywhere. I free-write in it when there are situations that I know I… — Agent M Copy Share Image
Our music is honest. We are who we are... messed up, dysfunctional sinners that have been loved in spite of our hate.… — Lacey Mosley Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for older equipment and ways of recording, but you can't escape the fact that it's all going to be… — Beck Copy Share Image
Making music clips, I have a responsibility to depict the artist in a way that suits them, and feels comfortable with how… — Adria Petty Copy Share Image
What I like to do with music is make people feel better. Make people realize that all humans have the same problems,… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you listen, anybody… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
It'd be negligent to say that I don't want to be at the top of the charts. Of course I do, it's… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out. — Ernest Newman Copy Share Image
The function of music is to release us from the boredom of existence. — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image