Music Quotes · Page 314

Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way.

— Katey Sagal

I'm the first, youngest person in country music to sing at Coachella.

— Mason Ramsey

That is the music that I have always wanted to play: real, genuine guitar music.

— Chris Rea

I started taking music lessons and singing when I was about ten.

— Alex Winston

I've written a lot of songs that I really love, plenty for an album.

— Ruel

I've found lyrics in songs that always center me.

— Ed Kowalczyk

“Hey Jude, don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better.”

— The Beatles

“Music enlivens my soul and opens my heart to ever greater levels of bliss and joy.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here…

— Dizzy Gillespie

Since I was, like, an infant... I remember being in love with television. I loved listening to music. I wanted to be…

— Fred Armisen

“The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit.”

— J.S. Bach

All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with…

— Bobby Vinton

New Orleans has an incredible culture. Everybody brings up food first, but I realized there's a lot more to that in terms…

— J. J. Redick

“You see, most people play louder to get someone's attention, but getting quieter can stop a bull from charging.”

— Victor L. Wooten

I think my music has a big message, and I think when people really get into it, it does help their life…

— SonReal

This is Graceland. Home of the most famous musician in the world.” “Michael Jackson lived here?” “No, dummy,” Carter said. “Elvis Presley.

— Rick Riordan

[ Lenny Kravitz] is really handsome, and I know I should be objective and think about his music, but up close, he…

— Jancee Dunn

My ideal situation is to be able to call the shots and be able to work with whomever I want to work…

— Tei Shi

I got tired of doing battle with people thinking I was a little weird because I wasn't in a band making happy,…

— Elliott Smith

Everyone seems so excited by the fact that music is more accessible, people can find new artists more easily and it's cheaper,…

— Romesh Ranganathan

Music, to me, was - is - representative of everything I like most in life. It's beautiful and fun, but very rigorous.…

— William J. Clinton

I've always liked music that has a darker vein to it. I come from such a safe upbringing - very stable, classic…

— Tove Lo

I try to use other songs or bands as reference points - it seems like the easiest way to get across what…

— Steven Soderbergh

You get to thinking that because you've written 50 or 100 songs, you think maybe you know how to do it. But…

— John Prine

A little bit if listening with a passable ear will get an awful lot of messages anywhere.

— John Hendricks

We always wanted to have a movie musical be made and be seen by a lot of people.

— Russell Mael

That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.

— Lord Byron

If, someday, we all go to prison for downloading music; I hope they separate us by genres.

— Anonymous

All I do is hope that someone feels something from listening to my music.

— Jack Garratt

Comics and music have historically had a pretty dicey relationship.

— Cliff Chiang

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.

— Jay-Z

Good music can help people in doldrums. Dont know how it works but just glad that it does

— Shreyas Kumar

I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.

— Lee Konitz

I grew up on soul music. I was a dancing little creep.

— Kim Basinger

When you expect anything from music, you expect too much.

— Josh Homme

If you loved music, Lemmy was your friend, regardless of who you were or where you came from.

— W. Earl Brown

'Livin' on a Prayer,' 'Wanted Dead or Alive' - those are iconic songs.

— Orianthi

Maine is a movable music festival in the summertime.

— Sue Hubbell

For songs to be big, I don't think there's a certain formula to it.

— Rich Brian

I had no clue the songs from my films almost three decades ago are still popular.

— Neelam Kothari