It's quite liberating to get to a certain age, 'cos you're not chasing number one hits or trying to be an international… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
Be who you are nothing more nothing less, and let the beauty that you love be the very best. Sing praises to… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I wanted to keep the music very electronic, very filmic, and give it an almost sci-fi like quality. Music is a necessity… — Martin Gore Copy Share Image
I don't really know how to do anything else except music. But I do. I've never felt more comfortable doing it. When… — Kelly Jones Copy Share Image
Music critics have made it quite clear that any composer who ever contributed a four-bar jingle to a film was to be… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost. There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
In your works, you have realized what I, albeit in uncertain form, have so greatly longed for in music. The independent progress… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
If I wanted to make a quick buck, there's far easier ways of doing it. What I want is to provoke people.… — Avicii Copy Share Image
I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
You got to look the part. You have to look like all the successful rock bands look. This is what they do.… — Sonny Sandoval Copy Share Image
One good thing about a good book or a good film, or maybe even a song, I'm not a musician but I… — Kleber Mendonca Filho Copy Share Image
“But, on the other hand, the study of music is one of the best ways to learn about human nature. This is… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
Truth of the matter is, jazz is American music. And that doesn't mean bebop. Jazz is really about improvising. All the music… — Jaimoe Copy Share Image
I've grown up in church and Gospel music was a big thing - and Bluegrass - but I just think of that… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
If you're going for things that are really terrible ideas you have to really have all your faculties about you to get… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by… — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
I would do songwriting sessions from the age of 14, and label heads flattered me over fancy dinners. 'We'll put you in… — Raye Copy Share Image
To say that the Afro American created jazz doesn't mean anything bad about Anglo Americans, and I always teach my younger jazz… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I think we're at a moment in history where all the rules are out the window; it's not about "Here's a single,… — D.A. Wallach Copy Share Image
When Nas and AZ send you a track, you know it is serious business. Same with Styles P and Jadakiss - then… — Ghostface Killah Copy Share Image
'Cause a musician, you can't tell me, "I've got this message I want share with the public," and it's three-and-a-half minutes long.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The fourth album encapsulated some remarkable music that was really groundbreaking. We were able to have something like 'When the Levee Breaks,'… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out… — Cecile McLorin Salvant Copy Share Image
I come from an old school of thought where there are musicians on stage, in the house, sitting and jamming to create… — Jubin Nautiyal Copy Share Image
What I like or dislike in music is my internal affair. I never want an audience out there to be influenced because… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I'm very expressive. Expressing my emotions and experiences through music has always been an important outlet for me. Many of my songs… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
“In 1857, Bizet departed for Rome and spent three years there. He studied the landscape, the culture, Italian literature and art. Musically… — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
I just find that with music I've always felt a sort of comfort."Paranoid Android" was the saddest song I'd ever heard in… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
The thing about Stephen Schwartz is that, while it may be difficult to learn - it's a little bit like[Stephen] Sondheim; Sondheim… — Kerry Ellis Copy Share Image
Music was always ever present when I was growing up, and it's continued to be the most important and intrinsic part of… — Sam Fender Copy Share Image
I did a lot of music criticism. I don't think much of it was any good. I think I wanted to show… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
When you are doing music videos through the '90s, which I did, and the 2000s, you were put in the position, really,… — David Slade Copy Share Image
Oh! none are so absorb'd, as not to feel Sweet thoughts like music coming o'er the mind: When prayer, the purest incense… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
We get along, we talk music.Lenny Kravitz took me to Harlem to see this little jazz show in the back of a… — Penn Dayton Badgley Copy Share Image
My first love in music was jazz, but I like it all," "I reacted emotionally to Art Blakey and, of course, to… — Larry Carlton Copy Share Image
My whole childhood was church. But as an adult, I've grown to understand my relationship with God versus how I sing. People… — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
I think relationships are more valuable than anything - in not just music, but any kind of business - if you can… — Muneshine Copy Share Image
Usually I'm trying to get away from my discography. I don't think I could tear down everything I've done, the structures I've… — John Vanderslice Copy Share Image
“Similar to music, your words have a profound impact on your energy. If you speak with a positive, uplifting attitude, you’ll find… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
No matter what I'm writing, I almost always start with the music. Definitely, the melody seems to set the tone for whatever… — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
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