Music Quotes · Page 349

I'm always better when I'm not doing well, that's when I write good songs.

— Bill Kaulitz

If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.

— Billy Joel

Music has become a very important part of any film.

— Jackky Bhagnani

I wish to contribute more to south Indian music, especially Tamil music.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

I don't trawl record shops anymore. I usually hear music in bars or at friends' houses.

— Andrew Eldritch

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

— Beck

It's just a huge blessing to be part of the women really moving things in music.

— Ice Spice

I always knew I wanted to work in music. There was no plan B.

— MNEK

Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.

— George Carlin

“his jest implies: “Anybody who wants to be a real musician must be able to set even a menu to music.”

— Stefan Zweig

Unpremeditated music is the true gauge which measures the current of our thoughts; the very undertow of our life's stream.

— Henry David Thoreau

When all of this music sounds like you know what you want to say, then it will have been of all worth,…

— Jeff Buckley

I always thought music was more important than sex—then I thought if I don't hear a concert for a year-and-a-half it doesn't…

— Jackie Mason

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen…

— Jennifer Lopez

Even though I wanted to be John Malkovich or Sean Penn when I was a kid, mostly I was a music nerd.

— Justin Kirk

Once, I got a chance to meet filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar. He wanted me to give music for his film but the project…

— Ankit Tiwari

I often get asked, 'Is the book dead?' It hasn't happened yet. It's different than music. Music was always meant to be…

— Chip Kidd

Musicians in my day had nicknames. My name was "Satchel Mouth," like a doctor's satchel. When I went to England this fellow…

— Louis Armstrong

The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end…

— Adele

One of the things about live music that's so incredibly important and can't be replaced and automated is the common focus of…

— John Rzeznik

He was bored now when Emma suddenly began to sob on his breast; and his heart, like the people who can only…

— Gustave Flaubert

There are choirs singing in your head. If you listen, you will hear the music. It is the song of angels. Pay…

— Neale Donald Walsch

When we came out, the kind of music that was popular was Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, all that stuff. That…

— John Petrucci

I walk away from writing what I consider to be a good song - with a good character, a good story in…

— Robert Hunter

Music is something you hear in your head, that's all, we shouldn't give it more than it is.

— Stanley Donwood

I love Beyonce. She's so fierce. I also love Lily Allen, and she was an influence on my music.

— Bridgit Mendler

You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

— Miles Davis

All I want to do is write songs about funny characters I made up.

— Wes Borland

Let my children have music! Let them hear live music.

— Charles Mingus

I haven't written my favorite song yet, and I hope I never do.

— GRiZ

Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing.

— Lee Ritenour

If you want me to work with you, then come with an idea. Come with music.

— Grace Jones

I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music.

— Hozier

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I travel on my own and try to - I float along to music.

— Enzo Amore

Folk music had long been political but [Bob] Dylan's poetry took it to a new level.

— Jay Michaelson

You know, I still find music as inspiring and exciting as I did when I was 15.

— John Waite

Many people work behind a music project, but hardly get recognised.

— Gopi Sundar

Music-making as a means of getting money is hell

— Gustav Holst

I don't consider being a musician the same thing as being a celebrity.

— Chance The Rapper