Music Quotes · Page 549

Jury verdicts, basketball games, and even music are enough to set off black rage, it seems,

— Ron Paul

I feel like writing songs is cheating on acting. It's weird.

— Ester Dean

I am the same man writing the music. I haven't changed directions to suit anyone except me.

— John Waite

My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.

— Anonymous

That is the spirit of the music: to not leave anyone out, to be inclusive.

— Brian Viglione

I instinctively felt Pancham and Gulzarbhai were meant to make music together.

— Asha Bhosle

What are we singers but the silver-voiced messengers of the poet and the musician?

— Nellie Melba

I like music that not only has a pop melody to it but is also deeply about something.

— Coy Bowles

London is a dead duck, as far as innovative new music is concerned, unless you want to have your head blown off…

— Jeff Beck

Books are so cheap and easy to get that people don't bother stealing them, which is the essential rule of piracy that…

— Tucker Max

I have my writing and acting and producing and directing, and my younger brother has his music and his acting.

— Kevin Schmidt

I've been making music ever since, but it was never something I thought I could make any money doing.

— Gold Panda

I'm just a young person trying to fulfil his potential and be the best he can be at what he wants to…

— Tinie Tempah

Remember, we usually can't choose the music life plays for us, but we can choose how we dance to it. Make yours…

— Anonymous

My grandfather is a musician, my son is a musician and a singer. My mother played the piano too.

— Zico

If I was not a film-maker I'd probably be a musician. I like Kanye West, Jay-Z, R&B, classical, jazz and all kinds…

— Kasi Lemmons

“We have looked for myths that include us in great novels, music, the latest comic book, or even some stupid advertising campaign.…

— Kate Bornstein

The great Initiates in the spirit world have vast and imposing plans for the musical future. What is this plan? It is…

— John Todd

Artists like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Ann Peebles, Isaac Hayes, and so many more gave me hope when I…

— Paul Rodgers

“I’m proud of you, son,” he said. “I guess it has finally sunk in that it’s important to stand up for yourself…

— Karen Mueller Coombs

The way music reflects real life, the way that painstakingly, over the years, what I have said is really a metaphor for…

— Immortal Technique

I do listen to music. Movie scores, exclusively, because it's all about mood and nonspecificity. I love the way modern movie scoring…

— Joss Whedon

I still love the music and it's still plays a part in what I do but I never 'turned my back' on…

— Craig David

You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing…

— Etta James

A lot of people attack music like the Soulja Boy music, but hey man, my kids love that.

— Pimp C

My mother was a choreographer, so music has always been around.

— Lindsey Haun

“I finished your song, she said. Our last song.”

— Nicholas Sparks

For a long time, soul music was maybe one of my favorite kinds of music.

— Devendra Banhart

I feel like people can be united under music no matter what country you go to.

— Taeyang

My songs have always had frustrating themes - relationships I've had

— Kurt Cobain

I have favourite songs for different things. The diversity of it is the strength.

— Immortal Technique

I love being in public places, but I can't stand long, drawn-out music festivals.

— Lamorne Morris

When I first began writing music I was really inspired by the French electro scene.

— Charli XCX

Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens ªª«ª«

— Dee

I think music is like little films, and it's nice to listen to music and really escape.

— Hope Sandoval

I think bathrooms should be soundproof so we can sing as loudly as we want to.

— Anonymous

I would love to do a musical so hopefully I will be blessed with doing one.

— Heather Matarazzo

That's what my music is good for - clearing out the house and being alone.

— Mike Patton

Compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome.

— Ezra Pound

My hearing after 50 years of playing music sometimes isn't too great.

— Butch Trucks