Music Quotes · Page 148

I made my first complete song when I was 9.

— Ludacris

Music is the eye of the ear.

— Thomas Draxe

Music is a defining element of character.

— Plato

All music comes from God.

— Johnny Cash

Music, the knife without a hilt,

— Dorothy Dunnett

Life is too short to play bad music

— Bob Brozman

I started writing music around 20 years old.

— J.I.D

I love funk! That's the music I grew up on.

— E-40

I learned to trust women's ears when it comes to hearing music a lot more than other men.

— Frankie Knuckles

If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

— B. B. King

Many pop songs seem to be more potent now than in their heyday.

— David Hepworth

Grizzly bears eat people without the benefit of music.

— Don Kardong

When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different.

— Cliff Richard

Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz.

— Alan Vega

Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyone's toes, pretty much the same as life.

— Robert Breault

My heart gets tight and it's almost like my soul gets congested if I'm not making music.

— Alison Sudol

Thus the slogan should be reversed: Catholics taught the world what music is supposed to sound like, and, more importantly, what it…

— Richard Morris

I think actors are at the mercy of the opportunities presented to them. So you kind of have to wait for them…

— Dwight Yoakam

If I suddenly disappear from the music world, you might see Hikaru Utada working as a helper at some inn in Atami.

— Utada Hikaru

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more…

— Josh Radnor

I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.

— K. D. Lang

I guess every musician looks forward to a point where they can just kind of make an album that truly is like…

— Emma Stone

I grew up with Al Jarreau. We had a band together and worked these places for three years when neither one of…

— George Duke

I never really thought I was going to be a singer, honestly. I never listened to singers; I always listened to rap…

— Fetty Wap

I'd do pretty much anything to get back on stage. I'd like to develop a new musical. I nearly had a heart…

— Kristen Bell

When I made dog sweaters, as goofy as that was, I made this product, and people could buy it, and I got…

— Natalie Prass

Dave Cobb is someone who shows up every day and is playing guitar and never takes his eye off the ball. That's…

— Shooter Jennings

I think that I always thought that if my uncle was on Broadway, then I must inherently have a good voice. I…

— Nate Ruess

There's definitely an interest in Scotland and what happened here. I think the rest of the world are fascinated by our history,…

— Sam Heughan

I want my music to be accessible to every listener because I know that I really have something to say in terms…

— Vusi Mahlasela

In '77 there was no Internet, there was no Twitter or Facebook, and I think that, without being some old git who…

— Steve Jones

Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift…

— Meat Loaf

I grew up with reggae music.

— Youssou N'Dour

I love music. I listen to a lot of it.

— Andy Murray

I love jazz music and sad music.

— Fred Durst

I feel like I've won the musical lottery.

— Anderson East

I was born with music inside me

— Ray Charles

I want my music to be heard.

— Arjun Janya

Before Elvis there was nothing.

— John Lennon

Music is never inherently funny!

— Alexandre Desplat