Music Quotes · Page 194

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.

— Tori Amos

I've made my kids strong-willed and strong-minded where they know music from reality.

— Boosie

I really just followed my musical instincts every step of my life.

— Boz Scaggs

So, you can make me come, that doesn't make you Jesus.

— Tori Amos

There is neither painting, nor sculpture, nor music, nor poetry. The only truth is creation.

— Umberto Boccioni

Music goes deeper than emotion into the energies that animate our psychic life.

— Roger Sessions

Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.

— Victoria Justice

On the music side, I'm a cross between maybe that Texas songwriter and that Tom Petty feel.

— Bryan Hayes

I wouldn't say music is my passion, or my calling, or anything like that. I mean, I don't really believe in that…

— Zachary Cole Smith

“If life had background music playing your song, I've got to be honest I try to escape you but the orchestra plays…

— Anberlin

The holy grail for a music fan, I think, is to hear music from another planet, which has not been influenced by…

— Aphex Twin

When we write songs, we don't ever sit down to write an Old Dominion song. We just sit down to write the…

— Matthew Ramsey

I don't think, as an artist, you should be trying to make music for every moment of someone's day.

— JP Saxe

Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become…

— Peter Tork

The consumption of information, films, music has been changing in recent decades. It's hard to know what will become the film that…

— Lucrecia Martel

If my Michael Jackson routine left even one person feeling uncomfortable or less joyful, I felt like it was in everyone's best…

— Katelyn Ohashi

Obviously, any living musician born after 1960 has been touched by rock and roll. It's the music of our time, and it's…

— Bryce Dessner

If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You…

— Jake M. Johnson

I was wondering, do we get the best of Swedish music or just the best of Swedish music that speaks English? Sweden…

— Mike Pesca

Because I feel like I can do so many different things, and people like my music for different reasons, I don't feel…

— Lil Dicky

Music, love, death. Certainly a triangle of sorts; maybe even an eternal one. "The only people who can see the whole picture,"…

— Salman Rushdie

Quite simply I've distilled my mission down to the essence. The only thing I'm really here to do is shine light on…

— Jason Mraz

“When melodies and chord changes are masterfully combined, a grand movement takes over our entire body, awakening heart, nerves, and emotions with…

— Joshua Emmet

Yes, anyone can log onto your "anonymous" band's MySpace page and hear the music. So, in theory you have gotten your music…

— Chris Cain

When you hear an instrumental song someone is singing over, you know right away it's wrong.

— Joe Satriani

I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.

— Miles Davis

I like 'love' songs, however cheesy that might sound.

— Armaan Malik

Never forget that music is too important to be left entirely in the hands of professionals.

— Robert Fulghum

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit

— Phil Ochs

I gave up acting while I just pursued my music career.

— Ashley Walters

I'm working on my music - I've taken a little break from it and want to get back into that.

— Vanessa Morgan

The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.

— Lesley Garrett

The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it.

— Leo Kottke

We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music.

— David R. Brower

Okay! We need to take it back in time, when music made us all unite,

— Jessie J

My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that.

— Nina Blackwood

Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music.

— Michael Kors

In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.

— Henry David Thoreau

With a lot of songs, songs that don't make a good statement, I forget the words.

— Glen Campbell

It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.

— Adam Lambert