--- title: "11 Music Saying Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Music Saying quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Music Saying sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/beth-grant-12603_giving_the-coens-both-give-you-direction-and-th_1558510.jpg" --- > [The Coens both give you direction, and then it's up to you to kind of figure out the music of what they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-grant/the-coens-both-give-you-direction-and-then-it-s-up-to-you-to-kind-of/) [Beth Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/beth-grant-12603_giving_the-coens-both-give-you-direction-and-th_1558510.jpg) > [I saw this DJ playing music and saying things to the kids. They would answer him back, and I say, 'That's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-robinson/i-saw-this-dj-playing-music-and-saying-things-to-the-kids-they-would/) [Sylvia Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/sylvia-robinson-55342_answer_i-saw-this-dj-playing-music-and-saying-t_37346.jpg) > [Don't the people you're around shape the music, is that what you're saying? Everything does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-reed/don-t-the-people-you-re-around-shape-the-music-is-that-what-you-re/) [Lou Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/lou-reed-1654_doe_don-t-the-people-you-re-around-shape-the_2382735.png) > [We believe that with our music, we should be saying exactly what we think. We want to speak up for people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maddie-marlow/we-believe-that-with-our-music-we-should-be-saying-exactly-what-we/) [Maddie Marlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maddie-marlow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d9/maddie-marlow-8717_believe_we-believe-that-with-our-music-we-should_286718.jpg) > [Do you hear what the music is saying? 'Come follow me and you will find the way. Your mistakes can also lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/do-you-hear-what-the-music-is-saying-come-follow-me-and-you-will-find/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/rumi-56_answers_do-you-hear-what-the-music-is-saying-com_752111.jpg) > [“For I hear music, they were saying. Music wakes us. Music makes us see the hidden, join the broken. Look and listen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/for-i-hear-music-they-were-saying-music-wakes-us-music-makes-us-see/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/virginia-woolf-49_music_for-i-hear-music-they-were-saying-music_1441461.jpg) > [I'm kind of lucky in the fact that I can take something that's in my head and write it down, or I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-taylor/i-m-kind-of-lucky-in-the-fact-that-i-can-take-something-that-s-in-my/) [Corey Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/corey-taylor-1968_down_i-m-kind-of-lucky-in-the-fact-that-i-can_2593555.png) > [John Berger once defined music by saying that it began as a howl, became a prayer, then a lament, and still contains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-k-samson/john-berger-once-defined-music-by-saying-that-it-began-as-a-howl/) [John K. Samson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-k-samson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/john-k-samson-29885_defined_john-berger-once-defined-music-by-saying_1546541.jpg) > [With my existence and with my music I'm saying, even though we're not supposed to, here I am doing it and doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bree-runway/with-my-existence-and-with-my-music-i-m-saying-even-though-we-re-not/) [Bree Runway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bree-runway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/bree-runway-14768_existence_with-my-existence-and-with-my-music-i-m_1536874.jpg) > [My mother made me listen to Carnatic music saying that only then I will be able to appreciate any good music. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/y-g-mahendran/my-mother-made-me-listen-to-carnatic-music-saying-that-only-then-i/) [Y. G. Mahendran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/y-g-mahendran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/y-g-mahendran-14819_cinema_my-mother-made-me-listen-to-carnatic-mus_845050.jpg) > [You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it...I always believed that I have something important to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-reed/you-can-t-ask-me-to-explain-the-lyrics-because-i-won-t-do-it-i-always/) [Lou Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/lou-reed-1654_always-believe_you-can-t-ask-me-to-explain-the-lyrics-b_1650490.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-saying/#itemlist", "name": "Music Saying Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Coens both give you direction, and then it's up to you to kind of figure out the music of what they're saying.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Beth Grant" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-grant/the-coens-both-give-you-direction-and-then-it-s-up-to-you-to-kind-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/beth-grant-12603_giving_the-coens-both-give-you-direction-and-th_1558510.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/beth-grant-12603_giving_the-coens-both-give-you-direction-and-th_1558510.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/beth-grant-12603_giving_the-coens-both-give-you-direction-and-th_1558510.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Coens both give you direction, and then it's up to you to kind of figure out the music of what they're…” — Beth Grant", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I saw this DJ playing music and saying things to the kids. 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