Music Quotes · Page 264

John Lydon must be more famous for his efforts on behalf of dairy products than his music.

— David Hepworth

People tried to change my concept of what music is. That music is work, but it's not like that.

— Bad Bunny

Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score.

— Michael Tippett

Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.

— Josh Billings

“I think there ought to be a little music here: hum, hum.”

— Mary Oliver

When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.

— Rick Springfield

I originally wanted to be a rapper and musician.

— R-Truth

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

— Van Hunt

The songs I write are about how I feel and the vibe I'm in. So whether I'm on a tour or at…

— MO

Before I wasn't sure what I wanted to say, but now, I have had so many different experiences that they have given…

— Hilary Duff

I assume everyone is going to hate my music before listening to it or hate me before meeting me because of where…

— Sasha Spielberg

“Crosby, Stills and Nash songs, Teach Your Children: Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry, so…

— Jennifer Connors

I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I…

— Kendrick Lamar

My first wife said, 'It's either that guitar or me,' you know -- and I give you three guesses which one went.

— Jeff Beck

The mental imagery involved with pianistic tactilia is not related to the striking of individual keys but rather to the rites of…

— Glenn Gould

There's nothing like sitting down and playing music with somebody. It breaks down all the barriers in life.

— Paul Gilbert

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as…

— John Legend

I think that a great song needs the full package. I think that a great song needs everything from lyrics, to melody,…

— William Beckett

“you really have love at home then why are you in a place where the music is too loud and men can’t…

— Love Vincent

I kind of write in a very classic way. I sit in the piano, working on some catchy, cool melodies and coming…

— Jonas Blue

“This waltz was the music of the softly falling snow on the regal new buildings of the Ringstrasse. It was the spring…

— Allison Pataki

“[D]id you ever notice how friendships are a lot like pop songs? They are for girls, anyway. First there's the newness of…

— Brando Skyhorse

It’s a shame, but also for kids it’s so easy now for them to download it to their phone and listen to…

— Stephen Dewaele

I hope that people can relate to my music, it's very relatable, it's very fun, it's very honest. It's very, very, honest.…

— Ariana Grande

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

— Anonymous

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

— Damien Rice

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

— Archie Shepp

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

— Dmitri Shostakovich

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

— Adnan Sami

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

— Edmund Clarence Stedman

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

— Kamasi Washington

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

— Nick Rhodes

Music is a right, but only for those who deserve it!

— Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Language' is, I think, my favorite song that I've ever written.

— Porter Robinson

Art isn't just paint and music, art is breaking glass and the sounds we make without realizing.

— Joey Comeau

It's always the theme that defines the songs and background score of any film.

— Devi Sri Prasad

I'm not a jukebox. You can't expect a certain song for me to come and play.

— Matt Rife

One good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain.

— Bob Marley

You shouldn't be in the music business if you're posing.

— Rod Stewart

“A million love songs later, we still adore the sound of nostalgia.”

— Eve Barlow