Music Quotes · Page 350

Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.

— Matthew McConaughey

First thought, best thought. I live by that when I make my own music.

— Arca

I never expected to make a lot of money from music.

— Flume

The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished

— Frankie Knuckles

“If I claim to be a wise man, that surely means that I don't know.”

— Anonymous

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs.

— Paul Anka

When I'm in the mood to listen to music, I do like to go to the SkyBar [ L.A.].

— Tracy Morgan

“Your love is like star sky showers and magenta unicorns.”

— Delano Johnson

I won the national award for the best music composer and also had the fortune of scoring music for songs penned by…

— Vidyasagar

It's most difficult to score a comedy. Where are the limits? When does music become gimmicky or stupidly funny?

— Alexandre Desplat

“I play the music of Steven for Steven; ragged, helpless, it owns me, enveloping me with an incomprehensible love -”

— Stasia Ward Kehoe

How I shall miss Alan Rickman, his beautiful command of English, and a voice he played like a musical instrument.

— Peter Hitchens

My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's…

— R. Kelly

“He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does.…

— Hannah Harrington

The greatest compliment a person could pay my music is to listen and sing along with it and think that he can…

— B. J. Thomas

I always find that, when it comes to writing songs, if the melody and the chords are working, we're 90 per cent there.

— Craig David

For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to…

— Cornelius Eady

A lot of my albums that I've done, a lot of the songs have been the first take. It's before you mess…

— Anonymous

I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record…

— John Lydon

I had never before thought of how awful the relationship must be between the musician and his instrument. He has to fill…

— Anonymous

You are in some songs that still get played on the radio when the DJ is feeling nostalgic. You are in a…

— I Wrote This For You

Neil Young, who isn't really evident when you listen to my music, is probably my favorite of the legends, besides Dylan. They're…

— Adam Granduciel

The honest truth is that it was just traumatizing with the piano, with the authority of the piano teacher, getting rapped across…

— Hans Zimmer

When I was in college and reading music and doing ear training, I was a little more advanced than the other people…

— Colleen Ballinger

I'm not going to say that I'm some musical genius, but I've always loved music.

— Alyson Stoner

The film industry is a cyclical business. Even musicals are coming back.

— Julie Andrews

I've been able to carve my way out with lyrics and melodies.

— Jon Pardi

I love Broadway musicals, but there's a lot that I want to do.

— Ethan Slater

I think the sports industry and the music industry are all tied in together.

— SonReal

An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.

— Mark Twain

It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

— Dave Grohl

If you're sad and you like beer, I'm your lady, ... The Saddest Music in the World.

— Isabella Rossellini

Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked.

— Gwen Stefani

Support music every day because there isn’t a day music won’t be there for you!

— Hayley Williams

Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

— Socrates

People are gonna listen to the music whether or not I reveal myself.

— Gabriella Wilson

I know why I'm here. I know why I was placed in music, and it's not by coincidence.

— Tory Lanez

I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn't just a fad. This is a positive thing.

— Eddie Vedder

Music is a big machine that would go on with or without me.

— Rob Thomas

A great song needs a great film and a great film needs great songs.

— Jubin Nautiyal