Music Quotes · Page 332

I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.

— Esperanza Spalding

There is only one way to pitch to Musial - under the plate.

— Leo Durocher

Listening to Nat Cole prompted me to sing sentimental songs with distinct diction.

— Chuck Berry

VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show.

— Eddie Trunk

I still want to make Kyra proud of the person I am - father, husband, actor, musician.

— Kevin Bacon

What 2Pac did to me is he touched me with his music.

— Boosie

I still write more songs about girls than anything else.

— Steve Earle

Music is not just love for me; it's a way of life, a habit.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I started playing the piano aged four in an effort to copy Grandpa, who was constantly showing off and entertaining us all,…

— Richard Coles

Although I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can't carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract…

— Zubin Mehta

Ever since I was a little girl music was my escape and it was something that I did and was a huge…

— Martie Maguire

You can't take up all the music bins at a CD retail outlet with Spice Girls CDs and leave nothing for the…

— Greg Graffin

I think the classical music is on a dangerous downward slope, because it's not seeking strong enough resonance with its society.

— Laurence Equilbey

Millennials give comics the kind of adulation past generations reserved for musicians. We respect Lady Gaga. But we'll travel hundreds of miles…

— Alexandra Petri

To me, our signature song was 'Rosanna.' That was the ultimate Toto track, where everybody had a chance to shine.

— Steve Lukather

The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making…

— James Mercer

I approach my music-making as an art-form--something pure from the spirit to which I can add dynamics and marketable reality. Music is…

— Brian Wilson

There are certain records from the 80s and early 90s that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go…

— Beck

For more than 10 years, Daniel Snaith has been playing mad scientist with pop and psychedelic music. As Manitoba, and more recently…

— Anthony Fantano

In the early eighties, there were a lot of artists involved with the music scene. All those young artists, before their careers…

— Kim Gordon

I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute concert to…

— Charles Dance

The camera was waiting for me by predestination and I took to it as a musician takes to the piano or a…

— Alfred Stieglitz

At art school, a teacher said: 'The best paintings are when you get lost in a piece of work and start painting…

— Mick Hucknall

In most of my music it's firsthand experience, and some of the same rules apply in TV. The difference in music is…

— Kano

I never want to predict the relationship between music and advertising.

— Steve Stoute

I spent a lot of time preparing for releasing music and then not a lot of time releasing music.

— King Princess

“I just don't— Ronan. My ears are bleeding!" Ronan turned down the music.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

What I can feel the most and what I can remember the most are the melodies I want to write to.

— Jon Pardi

As a musician to hang out with a politician, I think it's disgusting.

— Tricky

I can do without that pity-party crap. I would rather bring back the Beatles style of music.

— Steve Harwell

If you think about what everyone else will think, you forget to just make music.

— Chris Stapleton

Production is everything. Once I get my beat, I try to make a song around the beat.

— Rich Homie Quan

“Your lips are for songs about rivers in the morning and lakes at twilight.”

— Sinclair Lewis

I look forward to the future - and going into the studio to make new music.

— Diana Ross

Music is one of those things that becomes a soundtrack to our lives.

— Nathan East

Whenever I work on a song, my focus is on the listeners who follow my type of music.

— Badshah

My father was in property, but he was a great lover of music.

— Vangelis

I'm trying to break down preconceptions about what pop music is.

— Lindsey Buckingham

I love playing music and I'm serious about It. But It's not brain surgery.

— Dusty Hill

If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music.

— Cliff Martinez