Music goes way back before language does. And music is like the key to a whole spiritual existence which this society doesn't… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
Passion doesn't come from business or books or even a connection with another person. It is a connection to your own life… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm too busy playing. When I'm playing I don't pay attention to who's listening. When I was listening I listened to symphony… — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
If you were a musician playing our tunes, you had to play the bass like me for the song to sound right.… — Larry Graham Copy Share Image
Music was my way out. School was the plan B, just in case music didn't work out. I didn't know it was… — Tay Keith Copy Share Image
People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville,… — Tyler Farr Copy Share Image
I have a memory of listening to Tracy Chapman and just being intrigued by her voice. Even as a young girl, I… — Banks Copy Share Image
I live neither in the past nor in the future. I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
The healing power of music is vast. Music therapy is in its infancy in Western psychology. If we knew more, we'd be… — Gary Talley Copy Share Image
Charlie Christian had no more impact on my playing than Django Reinhardt or Lonnie Johnson. I just wanted to play like him.… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I can be at my house sitting there making music alone, and every single time I've ever done that the first thing… — Benny Blanco Copy Share Image
So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“Whether it is Bach or Mozart that we hear in church, we have a sense in either case of what gloria Dei,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
When I'm shooting a music video, when we're midway through the day, I need everyone to be quiet while we're getting ready… — Bree Runway Copy Share Image
I like to be on most of my songs. I think being on your songs makes it all the more special in… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I'm just experimenting with every different type of music you can imagine and seeing where my voice lies and what sounds best.… — Charlotte Church Copy Share Image
“One can only presume that people who say that their favorite record of all time reminds them of their honeymoon in Corsica,… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs I write are like songs that I've never been able to find on any record, but that… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I have loads of issues with the way classical music is presented. It has been too reverential, too 'high art' - if… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
I had no interest in music. But now, music means everything to me. I have no words to explain how beautiful music… — Alan Walker Copy Share Image
I'm trying to prove everybody wrong whoever told me I couldn't make it. To all the haters who say I can't rap… — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
“We had nothing in common, except we both loved music. It was the first connection we had, and we depended on it… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
We have been trying to play a lot of different kinds of music, and probably the next album will go back more… — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
Fact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra .… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
“In Paris, I found myself surrounded by Germans; they were all over the place. They played music, and people would go and… — Pearl Witherington Cornioley Copy Share Image
In terms of rock and roll, I'm often drawn to louder, rougher stuff; maybe that's my history as a punk rock wannabee… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
In my head, I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, 'Damn, that's a pop song!' I can practice in… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
People behind the Iron curtain have such an incredible image of America and jazz. I expected to find a Gerry Mulligan or… — Gabor Szabo Copy Share Image
For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure to be… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Rock & Roll is the physical thing that just comes out of you .. the other stuff you have to sit down… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
I'm kind of like a folk singer mixed with soul, but I feel like if you really are a lover of hip-hop… — India Arie Copy Share Image
I didn't really get into underground comics, though I've liked some of what I've seen. Dame Darcy was very impressive to meet,… — Neil Farber Copy Share Image
“Do you know my band’s song Once in a Lifetime?” I nod my head because I know that song very well. It’s… — Kim Karr Copy Share Image
I'm no longer beholden to the sacredness of the recorded song as some kind of ultimate standard by which every performance of… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
There is absolutely no single aspect of one's personality that is more important to develop than empathy, which is not a skill… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
If I was a simple man, Would we still walk hand in hand? And if I suddenly went blind, Would you still… — Dallas Green Copy Share Image
And what happened was, it's the same thing an older, more successful writer of ficition might say to a student: write about… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
I do want to make music that people love, but I also want to make music that I love. I know I… — Rivers Cuomo Copy Share Image
