Music Quotes · Page 231

Music gives us happiness or sadness but it heals our soul.

— Misty Fairy

“What the joys of music were to others, words on a page were to him.”

— James Salter

As you get older you realize how important your emotional response is to any kind of music.

— Colin Greenwood

I love song writing, so I'm always happy to write for other musicians.

— Sean Kingston

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

— Joe Elliott

If we're talking music I could go on and on and on.

— Gabriel Mann

We are big fans of happy music and stuff like that.

— Sebastien Lefebvre

I was used to people appreciating my songs without acknowledging me.

— Arjun Janya

I'm really excited about the remixes. I've always been a fan of electronic music and I'm thinking about that very seriously for…

— Matt Tong

Music: The only thing that can lift my mood and help me escape from being overwhelmed with thoughts. Volume up. Life down!

— Anonymous

I hate that when you introduce yourself, and you're a rapper, sometimes you gotta say, 'I'm a musician.' Or, 'I'm an artist.'…

— Chance The Rapper

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

— Maya Angelou

I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you…

— Kristin Hersh

I don't write songs, so I'm not worried about who's going to write the song. I'm just ready. You just give me…

— John Dolmayan

The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.

— Charley Pride

Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that -…

— Ronee Blakley

The reason I liked music because it wasn't competitive. I definitely have a show-off side to me, but that's not why I…

— Jack Savoretti

For a little kid like me, growing up in Carle Place, you put on John Lee Hooker late at night, and it's…

— Joe Satriani

It wasn't professional, but it was a few levels below the top level. I loved playing football, but my passion was always…

— Vance Joy

I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general. I always…

— Kevin Shields

No matter what, I will always prefer a live performance. Whether it be a play or a musical, or playing music live.…

— Darren Criss

Music doesn't have to go through the process of 'I'm signed, I'm famous, I'm better then you, I'm special.' Sometimes it can…

— Naughty Boy

I write each song individually and each one calls for individual musicians, You sit around and wonder who can we get to…

— Warren Zevon

“Strike, with hand of fire, O weird musician, thy harp strung with Apollo's golden hair; fill the vast cathedral aisles with symphonies…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

We're a band's band. We have real songs, real players, real problems. Real ups, real downs.

— Rick Nielsen

I'm straight, but I love going to house music clubs and flirting with women and gay men.

— Moby

I just know that I love to write songs, and I have for a long time.

— Stone Gossard

IPods just made music about how many songs you could have on you at all times.

— Timothy Simons

I like to always do my best to make music catchy, so I think a very catchy melody is cool.

— Logic

Music is the escape from every struggle in life.

— Anonymous

I love it when people write rapturously about music they love.

— Ezra Furman

Music is almost mystical to me. It really has an incredibly powerful force.

— Gloria Estefan

Sing Me no songs tell me no tales cry me no tears, but remember me kindly.

— Danielle Steel

Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics.

— Colin Meloy

I would like to play for audiences who are not using my music to stimulate their sex organs.

— Ornette Coleman

Music, in the past few years... anything singable or understandable is square.

— Ethel Merman

Writing, film, sculpture, music: it's all make-believe, really.

— Kate Bush

The music I write, I feel, is not the kind of music for a 25-year-old.

— Steve Winwood

If I were to explore music, I'd want to just focus on that and make that my priority.

— Maia Mitchell

I like a lot of different kinds of music. I like strong projects, big music.

— James Iha