Music Quotes · Page 464

Have I felt misunderstood by Music Row at times? Of course.

— Rodney Crowell

What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art.

— Jimi Hendrix

Having live musicians in a comedy show adds a frisson.

— Alex Horne

A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live.

— Sarah McLachlan

I just love to play and I get a chance to play with other musicians and I jump on it.

— Chad Smith

Love songs are the most complex to write because everyone knows about it.

— Chris de Burgh

For me, if I don't know how to express it with words, I do it with music.

— Willemijn Verkaik

“Hope you don’t mind my taste in music. I like a little backbeat when I launch. (Devyn) Just wait until you’re in…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“The raison d'être for teaching and learning music is to create a lifelong love for it and an ability to engage with…

— Paul Harris

Music is my girlfriend, pretty much. It's makes it a little difficult, but I'm always looking, looking for the right girl.

— Shwayze

I feel like my music has become a lot of things. It's hard to label the evolution, but I like there to…

— Taylor Swift

My mum was never strict. I was allowed to go out to clubs underage, watch TV, listen to whatever music I wanted…

— Kelly Brook

I don't even wanna say female guitar-players, just guitar-players, because music of all things doesn't need to be gendered and stratified, that's…

— Annie E. Clark

God, just shoot me the day I start making music you can just put on in the car and have a conversation…

— Jack Antonoff

I know that showin' emotion don't ever mean I'm a pussy. Know that I don't make music for niggas who don't get…

— Drake

Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a…

— Jeff Ament

England is so surrounded by the boredom of conventionalities, that it is all one to them whether music is good or bad,…

— Frederic Chopin

Music has as many roles as people make it. I traveled to Burma once years ago to witness the people's struggle for…

— Ani DiFranco

That the language of the poetry of Jamaican music is rastafarian or biblical language cannot simply be put down to the colonizer…

— Linton Kwesi Johnson

You write in songs what you're too scared to write in real life, and then you sing the songs to loads of…

— Winston Marshall

People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal…

— Damien Chazelle

“Parents, preachers, and politicians think rock music is the source of young people's despair. They don't understand it's just a reflection. They…

— Jeri Smith-Ready

Once you find your own sound, you find the strength and courage to stay true to that. Keep going even in moments…

— Richie Hawtin

I feel very good when songs are recreated or different singers sing the same song.

— Jubin Nautiyal

“THE GAMBLER,THE NUN & THE RADIO Yes, and music is the opium of the people.”

— Ernest Hemingway

There are no natural barriers. It's all music. It's either hip or it ain't.

— Lee Morgan

Watching 'The Sound of Music' is like being beaten to death by a Hallmark card.

— Doug McClure

As hip-hop artists, you have to take the music seriously, not just as a way to get rich.

— Xzibit

I'm grateful that music has been a place where I've found freedom.

— Valerie June

But all the time-no matter what she was doing-there was music.

— Carson McCullers

I was always a shy child and slightly hard of hearing, so music was my outlet.

— Mandy Harvey

You're just a lover out to score and I know that I should be looking for more.

— Deniece Williams

The experiences that I've had in the music industry have given me a learning curve.

— Xzibit

This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it.

— John Mellencamp

I think if you're lucky, you start to make music and it gets things out.

— Wayne Coyne

I'm just a guy that sings songs because that's what he likes to do, I guess.

— Frank Fairfield

I loved music, acting, and drama, but these weren't something I pursued until I was 19.

— Katherine Langford

My father was responsible for me starting in music. He's always stood behind me.

— Gary Moore

All of music is connected, but a lot of people don't see it that way

— Larry Coryell