Music Quotes · Page 217

There are so many talented people that are on G.O.O.D. Music that it's nuts.

— Mannie Fresh

Anything can be a musical if it makes sense for it to be a musical.

— Michael Patrick Walker

I kind of backed into rap music. I thought I was going to do comic books or graphic art.

— KRS-One

Meat eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion.

— Walter Scott

I just want to lay in my bed and listen to sad music all day.

— SangFroid Shaalu

I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.

— Wynton Marsalis

I wish I could write music notation. Even if I couldn't play it, I wish I could just write it.

— Flying Lotus

I love Walter Mosley and Robert Parker crime novels. And I read a lot of music reviews.

— Van Hunt

Linda's in all the songs. 'Sunshine Superman,' 'Hampstead Incident,' 'Young Girl Blues'... Linda's the muse.

— Donovan

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A…

— Henny Youngman

My passion outside of music is that I am a total gear head. My wife and I own six vehicles, three of…

— Wayne Static

Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels…

— George Crumb

There was a footballer, Matt Le Tissier, from Guernsey. But as far as music, no, not many people have come out of…

— Mura Masa

'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting…

— Andrea Bocelli

When The B-52s started in the late '70s, music and the business was totally different. Obviously, it's easier for everyone to be…

— Cindy Wilson

“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger" -…

— Sherry Marie Gallagher

Every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the…

— Benjamin Franklin

I do like choral music a lot, the voice is a pretty strong instrument - out of all the instruments, it's the…

— Patrick Watson

When I began my journey, my aim was to do indie music. While growing up, there was an abundance of it but…

— Jubin Nautiyal

I've always created solo work. When I first came to New York I was working in a few different areas; I was…

— Guillermo E. Brown

'A Little Nightmare Music' is the first show we created. It's about all the nightmares that can happen in the span of…

— Richard Hyung-ki Joo

Each time we arrive at a new level in extricating ourselves from economic, social, spiritual domination, we have a moment when we…

— Harry Belafonte

It ain't this big I, little You. Music is to be shared. Music is not a hustle. [Hip hop's become] cultural stripmining…

— Chuck D

There are only so many letters in the alphabet. When I talk to young musicians or authors and they ask for advice,…

— David Lee Roth

I originally wanted to be a rapper and musician.

— R-Truth

Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response.

— Archie Shepp

“Cold, cold water, surrounds me now, and all I've got is your hand.”

— Damien Rice

Baby you light up my world like nobody else I whisper as I turn my laptop brightness up.

— Anonymous

If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth.

— Dmitri Shostakovich

I still love music - that's never gonna go away.

— Nick Rhodes

Hip-hop is a collage. It samples from all different styles of music.

— Kamasi Washington

Music waves eternal wands,-- Enchantress of the souls of mortals!

— Edmund Clarence Stedman

Apart from being a playback singer for films, I'm also an independent musician.

— Adnan Sami

Both the industries, be it Bollywood or music, have been really kind to me.

— Badshah

“You are an Universe of Universes and your soul a source of songs.”

— Ruben Dario

I'm a country girl; I like country music. That's what my car radio is on.

— Kim Dickens

Music is the only thing I've ever known that doesn't have any rules at all.

— Josh Homme

I don't get involved with the music scene any more. It's just alien to me.

— Shaun Ryder

As much as I love doing music, it can get monotonous sometimes.

— Sarah Harding

Music and improving the world are two sides of the same coin.

— Varg Vikernes