--- title: "18 Music Say Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 18 Music Say quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Music Say sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/kristin-hersh-19918_music_before-you-can-make-good-music-you-just_2169908.jpg" --- > [Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/before-you-can-make-good-music-you-just-have-to-shut-up-then-the/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/kristin-hersh-19918_music_before-you-can-make-good-music-you-just_2169908.jpg) > [I never planned on a career in music at all, so I should say I'm very lucky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-schneider/i-never-planned-on-a-career-in-music-at-all-so-i-should-say-i-m-very/) [Fred Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-schneider/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/fred-schneider-18180_career_i-never-planned-on-a-career-in-music-at_1715677.jpg) > [I love music I cant say who I would be without it <33](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-love-music-i-cant-say-who-i-would-be-without-it-33/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/me-7_love_i-love-music-i-cant-say-who-i-would-be-w_718228.jpg) > [You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, 'This is someone who I want to work with.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-antonoff/you-can-look-at-someone-and-get-to-know-their-music-and-say-this-is/) [Jack Antonoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-antonoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/jack-antonoff-3726_look_you-can-look-at-someone-and-get-to-know_3186551.png) > [We're trying to do the thing you don't expect out of country music. Which is to say, 'Go see the world.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/we-re-trying-to-do-the-thing-you-don-t-expect-out-of-country-music/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/brad-paisley-1920_country_we-re-trying-to-do-the-thing-you-don-t-e_2609163.jpg) > [I have a lot of friends with bad taste in music - some might say that I have bad taste in music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-levine/i-have-a-lot-of-friends-with-bad-taste-in-music-some-might-say-that-i/) [Jonathan Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-levine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/jonathan-levine-10199_bad_i-have-a-lot-of-friends-with-bad-taste-i_606873.jpg) > [I really put my feet into my music, I have a say in how I want my music to sound and where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caleb-mclaughlin/i-really-put-my-feet-into-my-music-i-have-a-say-in-how-i-want-my/) [Caleb McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caleb-mclaughlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/caleb-mclaughlin-5484_feet_i-really-put-my-feet-into-my-music-i-hav_2277527.jpg) > [If someone takes something positive out of our music, or what we say on stage, that's great. But we don't ever want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dolmayan/if-someone-takes-something-positive-out-of-our-music-or-what-we-say/) [John Dolmayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dolmayan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/john-dolmayan-5969_great_if-someone-takes-something-positive-out_2904787.jpg) > [What I go through in my life, I tend to put it in my music. I always say the things that hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boosie/what-i-go-through-in-my-life-i-tend-to-put-it-in-my-music-i-always/) [Boosie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boosie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/boosie-4825_hurt_what-i-go-through-in-my-life-i-tend-to-p_583875.jpg) > [Music can say what we feel or sometimes what we can't say in our hearts,the amazing power to enrich and heal the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredericaehimen/music-can-say-what-we-feel-or-sometimes-what-we-can-t-say-in-our/) [FredericaEhimen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredericaehimen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/fredericaehimen-29439_creation_music-can-say-what-we-feel-or-sometimes_2644844.jpg) > [Some people don't listen to my music because they say that I am an artist. And some don't want to go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/some-people-don-t-listen-to-my-music-because-they-say-that-i-am-an/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/yoko-ono-726_art_some-people-don-t-listen-to-my-music-bec_2921178.png) > [“I will praise your madness, and in a language not mine, speak of music that wakes us, music in which we move.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilya-kaminsky/i-will-praise-your-madness-and-in-a-language-not-mine-speak-of-music/) [Ilya Kaminsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilya-kaminsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/ilya-kaminsky-52837_music_i-will-praise-your-madness-and-in-a-lang_1780745.jpg) > [“Everything on the radio is crap...It's fast food for your ears. It doesn't make you think. It isn't even about anything -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-harrington/everything-on-the-radio-is-crap-it-s-fast-food-for-your-ears-it-doesn/) [Hannah Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-harrington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/hannah-harrington-4452_fast-food_everything-on-the-radio-is-crap-it-s-fas_784471.jpg) > [“‎"The less random stuff you hear about, the more room in your ears for music, that's what I always say" -Paisley”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-weingarten/the-less-random-stuff-you-hear-about-the-more-room-in-your-ears-for/) [Lynn Weingarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-weingarten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/lynn-weingarten-32645_heartbreakers_the-less-random-stuff-you-hear-about-the_765861.jpg) > [I view music as entertainment. When I'm on stage, I don't look at that as a platform for sharing ideology. Otherwise I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-graffin/i-view-music-as-entertainment-when-i-m-on-stage-i-don-t-look-at-that/) [Greg Graffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-graffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/greg-graffin-4107_ask_i-view-music-as-entertainment-when-i-m-o_306356.jpg) > [They all trying to say something with music that you can't say with plain talk. There ain't really no words for love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/they-all-trying-to-say-something-with-music-that-you-can-t-say-with/) [Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/gloria-naylor-12454_fool_they-all-trying-to-say-something-with-mu_396619.jpg) > [It is a fact that everyone's got a limited run in music - but who's to say how long that run lasts?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-brown/it-is-a-fact-that-everyone-s-got-a-limited-run-in-music-but-who-s-to/) [Ian Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/ian-brown-3967_long_it-is-a-fact-that-everyone-s-got-a-limit_1117459.jpg) > [“Many today insist that music is amoral, that there is nothing innately good or bad about music itself. They say it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/many-today-insist-that-music-is-amoral-that-there-is-nothing-innately/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/ron-owens-120103_christianity_many-today-insist-that-music-is-amoral-t_575651.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-say/#itemlist", "name": "Music Say Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. 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For whatever I say is a kind of petition, and the darkest days must I praise.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ilya Kaminsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilya-kaminsky/i-will-praise-your-madness-and-in-a-language-not-mine-speak-of-music/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/ilya-kaminsky-52837_music_i-will-praise-your-madness-and-in-a-lang_1780745.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/ilya-kaminsky-52837_music_i-will-praise-your-madness-and-in-a-lang_1780745.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/ilya-kaminsky-52837_music_i-will-praise-your-madness-and-in-a-lang_1780745.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I will praise your madness, and in a language not mine, speak of music that wakes us, music in which we…” — Ilya Kaminsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Everything on the radio is crap...It's fast food for your ears. 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