Music Quotes · Page 1,075

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

— Carlisle Floyd

I always talk about my ambition with music, and it's to sort of seduce people into listening to sounds they wouldn't normally…

— Herbert

It's bigger than the music. You have to have a personality, you have to have a character you have to have a…

— Jadakiss

I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.

— Van Morrison

I've always written the storyboards for the music videos, and it's been hard working with directors trying to get them to understand…

— Melanie Martinez

I just want to make sure I hold up my end of the bargain. My commitment is to the people that listen…

— Scarface

It is, writing music is like therapy for me, it's like writing everything down in a diary. It's my way of getting…

— Megan McKenna

When I grew up, there was one music: rock n' roll. Somewhere along the line, there was a separation. I don't know…

— Clarence Clemons

I was introduced to classical music by my grandparents - my parents were mostly into folk and jazz. Even as a young…

— Chris Thile

I think music took hold of me and captured my imagination at such a formative age that I ascribe a mysteriousness to…

— Carrie Brownstein

You'll get this kind of psychological relationship to the imagery of the music, but that idea is translated to iPhone apps. It's…

— DJ Spooky

I have something to fight for and live for; that makes me a better killer. I've got what amounts to a religion…

— Ray Bradbury

That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and most important by hanging out with one…

— David Amram

The best picture has not yet been painted; the greatest poem is still unsung; the mightiest novel remains to be written; the…

— Lincoln Steffens

My musical influences are Nicki Minaj, of course. She is the Queen of Rap. She paved the way for a lot of…

— Rubi Rose

My mom's always had her hands full, literally juggling babies. So I think growing up made me just kind of get on…

— Griff

It's difficult to see my daughters on television and in music videos, and then I get tweets or comments about crushes and,…

— Kenny Smith

Any time I get a chance to work with artists that make me inspired and learn new stuff about music - every…

— Ludwig Goransson

What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make…

— Steve Vai

Not everyone's going to like my music. People might not like my music, because I'm just not their style of music that…

— Justin Bieber

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.

— Dionne Warwick

Jazz is really 20th-century fusion music. You take West African harmony and rhythm, mix with European harmony, and boom!

— Christian Scott

“The physical world exists, but that’s only the paint and canvas; that’s only the instrument we use to make music; that’s only…

— Dennis Vickers

I try to put the same spirit into that that I put into any other music endeavor I'm involved in.

— John Frusciante

“...and - holy shit was this song bad. It was like the singer was stabbing my ear with a dagger made of…

— David Wong

I'm not stupid enough to want to be famous. But I would like to be able to earn a living playing music.

— T Bone Burnett

A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens... if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly...…

— Charles Ives

To blow is not to play on the flute; you must move the fingers. [Ger., Blasen ist nicht floten, ihr musst die…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I've made my pact with the Lord for the next lifetime. I would love to be a first-class musician. A super one.

— Julie Andrews

O, pleasant is the welcome kiss When day's dull round is o'er; And sweet the music of the step That meets us…

— Joseph Rodman Drake

We're tired of band videos where all you see is musicians playing in some random church or out in a desert.

— Ivan Moody

I'm constantly rooting for people to do something amazing, with a new angle. Something that shocks you in the way the best…

— Russell Mael

My music should fall under fair use because it's transformative, it's becoming its own entity, and it's not negatively impacting anyone's sales.

— Girl Talk

“Style is a sort of melody that comes into my sentences by itself. If a writer says what he has to say…

— George Bernard Shaw

I'm only really good at making music. I wasn't convinced when I started out, but then I heard the first Stone Roses'…

— Ian Brown

I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It's just as…

— Shawn Mendes

I'm going to quit music. Then the government of Japan asked me to write a piano concerto - that was an offer…

— Yoshiki

Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction.

— Anna Meredith

Even if I have a quite strong melody, there are so many possibilities and so many directions that you can take the…

— Trentemøller

The Internet is the fastest way to get what you want and expose yourself to music you would never have heard otherwise.

— Anthony Fantano