Music Quotes · Page 197

“Without music, the prehistoric past is just too quiet to be believed.”

— Steven Mithen

I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed.

— Artur Schnabel

There's nothing worse than being stuck with a bad song.

— Brian Reitzell

Im in the studio from 9am to 5pm. I make music more than I sleep.

— Lil Twist

Stumbling old songs, but still being able to remember all the lyrics.

— Anonymous

We are the sons of Sorrow; we are the poets and the prophets and the musicians.

— Khalil Gibran

I can turn heartbreak into songs that help other people

— Anonymous

I'm not really into the rock n' roll lifestyle; I'm a music geek!

— Michael Kiwanuka

Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and…

— Michael McKean

The musician and the listener. If this is love between two strangers watching each other from afar, that rough, burning moment when…

— Tablo

I love some electronic music. I'm not a big fan of dubstep, but there is so much good electronic music out there.

— Chino Moreno

I've learned a lot about myself through my music and the way people perceive it, and the goal is for the success…

— Gabriella Wilson

“He lived in a dreamer's world of ivory keys and messy shirts, unconcerned with the people around him.”

— Claire Legrand

I think particularly in music, popularity os a very fickle thing. You're only as good as your last song.

— Tom Odell

You have to be very strong to play my music. The drummer has to be in great shape. Same with the guitarist.…

— Chubby Checker

The first song that made me interested in music was 'Oh, Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison. It was the guitar intro, that…

— Geddy Lee

There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most…

— Phil Ochs

“Look, dude, you've sampled your life, mixed those sounds with a funk precedent, and established a sixteen-bar system of government for the…

— Paul Beatty

I think when tragedies happen a lot of people go to therapy, psychiatrists, whatever, because they need to have someone to talk…

— Lorrie Morgan

Ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy, and that more convenience store confrontations over loud music…

— Jason Whitlock

The iPod has taken away the whole platinum record sales prospect. Sincerity and specificity are going to be the hot commodities in…

— Eric Lewis

Money is important, but I gotta like the song to play it. I won't just jump on anything because someone asked me…

— Juicy J

“Slow Dance: Have you ever watched kids, On a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain, Slapping on the ground? Ever followed a…

— Timothy Ferriss

“Best listened to in a windowless room, better than best in an airless room—correctly speaking, a bunker sealed forever and enwrapped in…

— William T. Vollmann

There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.

— Brownie McGhee

As my guitar playing dwindled, something else in my music got better.

— Jason Becker

Early music in all kinds of movements is always a mixture of innocence and ambition.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

I wrote these songs for a dying planet, I'm sorry, but I'm telling the truth.

— Joe Walsh

Music was not invented by the composer, but found.

— Nadia Boulanger

It is music and dancing that make me at peace with the world.

— Nelson Mandela

I have to stop listening to rap music. It's a bad influence on my life.

— Anonymous

Throughout the years I have tried to hone my skills to gain mastery over the music in my head.

— Kip Winger

Music gets us in touch with our emotions in a way that's more intimate than any other art form.

— Michael Franti

I think that there's always great music being made. Always has been, always will be.

— Robbie Robertson

I love the power of words - no music or special effects - and I want to demonstrate that power.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I feel like the music should be a reflection of the culture and the world we're living in.

— Naughty Boy

Even before we had a band, the merging of music and movies just seemed so perfect.

— Ron Mael

Open up your heart and you will understand me fall into the music and let yourself go

— Kid Cudi

but it's so hard to dance that way when it's cold and there's no music.

— Tom Waits

Computers are no more able to create information than iPods are capable of creating music.

— Robert J. Marks II