--- title: "10 Music Left Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Music Left quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Music Left sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/michelle-shocked-15864_funny_making-music-should-not-be-left-to-the-p_2713649.png" --- > [Making music should not be left to the professionals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-shocked/making-music-should-not-be-left-to-the-professionals/) [Michelle Shocked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-shocked/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/michelle-shocked-15864_funny_making-music-should-not-be-left-to-the-p_2713649.png) > [I feel like have a lot of music left to cut in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-skaggs/i-feel-like-have-a-lot-of-music-left-to-cut-in-my-life/) [Ricky Skaggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-skaggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/ricky-skaggs-17066_cutting_i-feel-like-have-a-lot-of-music-left-to_2276764.png) > [If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/if-you-said-good-bye-to-me-tonight-there-would-still-be-music-left-to/) [Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/billy-joel-1000_bye_if-you-said-good-bye-to-me-tonight-there_74866.png) > [When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/youssou-n-dour/when-the-slaves-left-africa-they-left-us-this-music-they-left-us-blues/) [Youssou N'Dour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/youssou-n-dour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/youssou-n-dour-17420_blues_when-the-slaves-left-africa-they-left-us_2791874.png) > [Music left my life for a while, to be honest. It wasn't that I didn't like it, but you know, I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-mcvie/music-left-my-life-for-a-while-to-be-honest-it-wasn-t-that-i-didn-t/) [Christine McVie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-mcvie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/christine-mcvie-7801_life_music-left-my-life-for-a-while-to-be-hon_852167.jpg) > [Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harmony-korine/rap-is-the-only-interesting-music-left-it-s-the-only-genre-that-s/) [Harmony Korine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harmony-korine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/harmony-korine-8808_exciting_rap-is-the-only-interesting-music-left-i_2550476.jpg) > [If we reject the word, or any word that labels music, what's left? That's the question we should all ask ourselves. Ben…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vijay-iyer/if-we-reject-the-word-or-any-word-that-labels-music-what-s-left-that/) [Vijay Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vijay-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/vijay-iyer-15503_aesthetic_if-we-reject-the-word-or-any-word-that-l_2216281.jpg) > [Perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/itzhak-perlman/perhaps-our-task-in-this-shaky-fast-changing-bewildering-world-in/) [Itzhak Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/itzhak-perlman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/itzhak-perlman-9909_firsts_perhaps-our-task-in-this-shaky-fast-chan_965032.jpg) > [I think that the revolution in music is over, and what's left is a mop-up action. It's a matter of the news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/i-think-that-the-revolution-in-music-is-over-and-what-s-left-is-a-mop/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d28/jerry-garcia-2346_action_i-think-that-the-revolution-in-music-is_2584418.jpg) > [If politically infused music is denied airplay, music reviews or festival stage time because it is considered "politics" rather than "art", then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moddi/if-politically-infused-music-is-denied-airplay-music-reviews-or/) [Moddi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moddi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/moddi-41939_art_if-politically-infused-music-is-denied-a_987907.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-left/#itemlist", "name": "Music Left Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Making music should not be left to the professionals.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michelle Shocked" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-shocked/making-music-should-not-be-left-to-the-professionals/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/michelle-shocked-15864_funny_making-music-should-not-be-left-to-the-p_2713649.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/michelle-shocked-15864_funny_making-music-should-not-be-left-to-the-p_2713649.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/michelle-shocked-15864_funny_making-music-should-not-be-left-to-the-p_2713649.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Making music should not be left to the professionals.” — Michelle Shocked", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel like have a lot of music left to cut in my life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ricky Skaggs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-skaggs/i-feel-like-have-a-lot-of-music-left-to-cut-in-my-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/ricky-skaggs-17066_cutting_i-feel-like-have-a-lot-of-music-left-to_2276764.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/ricky-skaggs-17066_cutting_i-feel-like-have-a-lot-of-music-left-to_2276764.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/ricky-skaggs-17066_cutting_i-feel-like-have-a-lot-of-music-left-to_2276764.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I feel like have a lot of music left to cut in my life.” — Ricky Skaggs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Billy Joel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/if-you-said-good-bye-to-me-tonight-there-would-still-be-music-left-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/billy-joel-1000_bye_if-you-said-good-bye-to-me-tonight-there_74866.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/billy-joel-1000_bye_if-you-said-good-bye-to-me-tonight-there_74866.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/billy-joel-1000_bye_if-you-said-good-bye-to-me-tonight-there_74866.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.” — Billy Joel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. 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