Music Quotes · Page 274

I write my own music. By myself, on a computer, I program guitar and piano.

— Christina Grimmie

I have a good life. I have nothing to complain about, and the music is just too interesting.

— Patricia Barber

I'm very interested in music and where these sounds of Western music come from.

— Ben Katchor

I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.

— Janet Jackson

When I don't look cool enough or when I cannot make good music anymore, I will retire.

— G-Dragon

“The music was so mournful and emotional that it seemed like the only suitable thing to play.”

— Deborah Curtis

When it feels like the lyrics to the song you're listening to were written just for you..

— Music

Music is an escape. It's like going into a time machine, it takes you wherever you want to go.

— IsiahNunn

For musical compositions to reach a high level and to derive from spontaneity, of course, one has to do the necessary steps…

— Ilaiyaraaja

My thought with harmonies and melodies in general, is that if it doesn't come right away then it's never going to come…

— Zach Condon

One does not realize the historical sensation as a re-experiencing, but as an understanding that is closely related to the understanding of…

— Johan Huizinga

Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and…

— Alan Menken

I love comedy and drama equally and music too. I just sort of follow my nose to whatever seems really exciting at…

— Jack Black

Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.

— Quincy Jones

So mister DJ, don't stop the music, I wanna know, Are you feelin' the same way too? I wanna rock with you…

— Brad Nowell

Maybe I should disappear and not make anymore music. I mean, I think I'd take it really badly if I got slayed.

— Gold Panda

When we live apart from God, our lives get out of tune - out of harmony with others and with God. But…

— Billy Graham

“Because music is the heart’s greatest librarian. A few notes had the ability to transport me back in time, and to the…

— Kate Stewart

We don't really worry about... what the audience might think. When we make a piece of music we don't worry whether they…

— Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

Melody is king, and don't you ever forget it. Lyrics appear to be out front, but they're not; they're just an accompanying…

— Quincy Jones

I get to play with pop music and mix up the style. It's fun to play with party music and nice to…

— Nomi Ruiz

I hate it when people try to explain music. The best thing about music is that it's invisible. If you make a…

— Yung Lean

I love to read about music and about art, but I don't try and take things about mythology or guidelines as to…

— Emily Haines

“The best books — like the best music or television or movies or comics or video games — can challenge us and…

— Geoffrey Reiter

I wasn't pursuing a musical career or anything. It just happened and then it was there.

— Ian Astbury

John Ottman's music has emerged...as a brilliant new sound in the spectrum of Motion Pictures.

— John Badham

I feel envious of people who have been connected to music throughout their lives.

— Deepti Naval

I don't believe in geniuses, I believe in hard work.

— Michel Petrucciani

I think that the music that I listened to turned me into the artist that I am.

— Scarface

Many jazz artists go to L.A. seeking a more comfortable life and then they really stop playing.

— Sonny Rollins

Beyonce's music is like lipstick or a decidedly tall pair of heels: It's empowering.

— Elaine Welteroth

I wanted to perform, I wanted to write songs, and I wanted to get lots of chicks.

— James Taylor

Everything I hear influences me. I can't tell you all my influences as a musician.

— Lemmy

When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I love variation in all forms: in painting, in music.

— Jim Jarmusch

Happy people listen to the music, sad people listen to the lyrics.

— Anmol Andore

I embrace country music because of love, a love of what I came from.

— Dwight Yoakam

You could keep going back to BLACKPINK's music because it can never bore you.

— Jennie

We wouldn't be artists, writers, painters, musicians, if we weren't sensitive.

— Wayne Coyne

I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me.

— Kelly Rowland