Music Quotes · Page 301

Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.

— Edgar Allan Poe

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.

— Ira Gershwin

You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever.

— George Strait

I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.

— Rick Springfield

Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

— William Osler

I used to DJ in Atlanta, and that's how I kind of got into the music industry.

— Lil Jon

Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside.

— Anonymous

After Rossini dies, who will be there to promote his music?

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Even if I have a quite strong melody, there are so many possibilities and so many directions that you can take the…

— Trentemøller

The Internet is the fastest way to get what you want and expose yourself to music you would never have heard otherwise.

— Anthony Fantano

Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction.

— Anna Meredith

I'm going to quit music. Then the government of Japan asked me to write a piano concerto - that was an offer…

— Yoshiki

All my music is driven by an urge to connect with people, to share with them in the experience of being human…

— Ananya Birla

I love working and writing new songs. But sometimes you need to wait, to have something in your mind, and then you…

— Yann Tiersen

“The universe is a symphony of strings. And the "Mind of God," which Einstein wrote eloquently about, is cosmic music resonating throughout…

— Michio Kaku

Because the beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in…

— Amanda Shires

The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet's killing the record business, I say,…

— Daryl Hall

I felt like it was the space that I could be the most authentic of anywhere because of how I grew up.…

— Bobby Bones

“Your songs are still out there on the clifftop, hanging in the air for you when you want them. Wish to speak…

— Emma Donoghue

In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You…

— James Blunt

Tastes are varied, man, so much in this music world. Look, I adore the bands that I adore. On the flipside, as…

— Phil Anselmo

I am not an evangelist. I am not a preacher. I am a musician. That is what I know how to do.…

— Mat Kearney

It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting,…

— Lamar Alexander

Some people like music to be far more immediate and make you dance straight away. But I like to engage with it…

— Bonobo

One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

— Dizzy Gillespie

Getting to make the music, and having a good time doing it, is the most important thing to us.

— Isaac Hanson

I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live.

— Rickie Lee Jones

I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.

— Nancy Sinatra

We love music, and when it's good we flip. And we want to get to the core of why it's good.

— Chris Thile

All of our songs, no matter what record they're on, mean a lot to us.

— Chad Gilbert

I think a capella and Christmas music just go really well together.

— Kirstin Maldonado

You can easily become boxed in and be only identified with musicals or plays.

— Jill Paice

The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.

— H. L. Mencken

It is the pull of opposite poles that stretches souls. And only stretched souls make music.

— Eric Hoffer

Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life.

— Sonny Rollins

I think wherever you go, when people hear good music, they will react to it.

— Wiz Khalifa

Music is an art form. It is a way to wordlessly communicate.

— Ken Hill

If god is a dj life is a dance floor love is the rhythm you are the music

— Roumain

I don't have the same access or time to gain access to music the way I used to.

— Liz Phair

Like music on the waters is your sweet voice to me.

— Ritu Ghatourey