Music Quotes · Page 417

Art makes us human, music makes us human, and I deeply feel that science makes us human.

— Brian Greene

To my mind, there is a reason that music is there and it's about being human.

— Kim Deal

I don't want to get rich. I just want to play my music for the people.

— Eddie Kirkland

“And stay, my dear stay... forever, as my quiet song, in my lilac dawn.”

— Sanober Khan

Blue Savannah song, oh blue Savannah song. Somewhere 'cross the desert.

— Erasure

Its just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means for now.

— Nikki Sixx

I think one of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport.

— Jon Anderson

Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.

— Herbie Hancock

I'm about making music and spending time with my family. I've been in the spotlight so long that I'm looking for something…

— Big Boi

We're really into combining lots of different styles into one song: that's normal for us. It might seem arbitrary but we listen…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

There are some ideas that I know I have to try out before I find the right sound, before I find the…

— Trentemøller

That's pretty much how every song of mine works - I start with gibberish and melody and phrasing. I speak it naturally…

— Kelela

Spotify - I met those guys before they launched in America and was wildly excited about the idea. 'Wow, this is all…

— Trent Reznor

I love my job as a musician, and I am filled with gratitude that good people support my endeavors.

— Paul Gilbert

If there is no music, I will perish. While I have not learnt music, I can play the tune that comes into…

— Dhanush

I can only handle so much electronic music. That's why I love Coachella. You can see Ice Cube, then Axl Rose is,…

— Tom Sandoval

I'm discovering my sexual side, and exploring relationships. You know, sensual stuff. And I'm discovering a lot of sides of myself, stuff…

— Alicia Keys

I find it hard to not like music if it has passion behind it and good integrity. Only if it's made for…

— Jack Garratt

Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away…

— Zubin Mehta

I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my…

— Debbie Harry

As you work on something, whether it's a painting or a piece of music, it's going to evolve. A relationship is like…

— Harry Connick, Jr

“You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can…

— Austin Kleon

What you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are…

— Gene Stratton-Porter

My advice to young people wanting to make music and to be in this industry is to really spend your time making…

— Lorde

Ife is like a music, no matter how it changes, don't stop, keep dancing

— Anonymous

Soul music is just your soul saying its hungry for sound. as it always is...

— Melchor Lim

The music is the thing. I am not writing for critics; I don't want to become a personality.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

We never write anything with themes. We just write the same rubbish all the time.

— John Lennon

The music takes over the words and makes them speak to me in another language.

— Roger Scruton

Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.

— Nobuo Uematsu

The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.

— Satyajit Ray

“If the ocean were music, sailboats would be the ballerinas.”

— Renee Carlino

I was influenced by gospel and Christian music from a very young age.

— Gabby Barrett

“the way music could break and heal and make everything seem possible and heroic.”

— Sarah J. Maas

I believe that my music is just about feelings, and the style is just a side effect.

— Robert Palmer

What can separate u from me nothing, I stay with love u nd take of u

— Joshef Silas Ibimodi

Melodies die out, like the pipe of Pan, with the ears that love them and listen for them.

— George Eliot

My favorite songs to sing are the really angry ones, especially on tour.

— Olivia Rodrigo

I always loved music, and really, I've been rapping since I was, like, 12.

— Denzel Curry

“that. I guess I was worried that, if I studied music,”

— T.K. Leigh