Music Quotes · Page 276

Pop music has a pretty good track record of embracing queer culture.

— Olly Alexander

I've always had a deep passion for a lot of early electronic and sampled music.

— Chino Moreno

I don't think many people get second chances when it comes to the music scene.

— Ronnie Radke

I think the origins of music have probably to do with magic and transcendence as well.

— Justin Adams

Never understood a lot about the world... music is one of the only things that makes any sense.

— Austin Carlile

I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it's dark.

— Grimes

Melodic songs that people can relate to has always been our thing.

— Andy Taylor

Music is about imagination. It's about thought. It's about creating something from nothing.

— Glenn Branca

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just…

— Idina Menzel

The musical style and sound of 'Love You to Death' is something I wanted to do from the moment I started working…

— Taeyang

I have songs that sound like this and songs that sound like that. I think it's just my vocal that keeps it…

— Joshua Ostrander

Beats come from the head, Lyrics come from the soul, and Music comes from the heart…If you don't understand life then how…

— Shar-rae

In hindsight I might have chosen a different path and everything but I still make music, I have a core following that…

— Chesney Hawkes

I'm born and raised Long Island. Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Ben Gibbard - melody-driven guys... They shaped me, molded my music.

— Jon Bellion

I like being able to own things, to not have to depend on music to support myself. Music hadn't supported me since…

— Vinnie Paul

If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jumped off a…

— Randy Newman

When you're a musician, one of the things that comes to you in the beginning that is quite unexpected is the reaction…

— Rob Halford

I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently…

— Miles Davis

I think [music and acting], they are connected, all that stuff. It's your emotional self, is pretty much how you do it,…

— Dolly Parton

I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're…

— Mel Torme

My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet,…

— Michael Ian Black

I've been able to be a part of every movement in music over the last several decades. The only one that I…

— Nile Rodgers

“tone of colour in a room or a morning sky, a particular perfume that you had once loved and that brings subtle…

— Oscar Wilde

When I made 'What They Want,' I was going crazy. When I made 'Losin Control,' I was going crazy, when I made…

— Russ

“Reminiscent of a diamond, she is gifted, privileged, and positioned to glisten.”

— Delano Johnson

I just like any music to swing, no matter what it is.

— Van Morrison

It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.

— Hilaire Belloc

Love that unexpected momment when your favorite song comes on the radio.!(:

— Anonymous

It's always a dream come true to do music with your pops. And your son.

— E-40

I don't get tied to the music industry where you have to be on social media all day.

— Tweet

“One should never underestimate the healing power of music.”

— Rick Riordan

I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.

— Yael Naim

Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.

— Pat Metheny

I like big, soaring melodies and fun, splashy lyrics. Maybe like what Blondie would do in 2013.

— Bonnie McKee

Country music runs through my veins. I love it very much.

— Skylar Laine

I dont know if its embarrassing, but I have a lot of girl Christian music.

— Tony Oller

When we make a record, we live together and we wake up every day and we make music.

— Matty Healy

Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop.

— Glen Campbell

Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music

— Charles Baudelaire

I have a hard time writing music when I'm on tour.

— Avicii