If art were to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“As recently as the twentieth century, some cultures retained religious prohibitions asserting the “uncleanliness” of believers eating at the same table as… — Ted Gioia Copy Share Image
I don't listen to hard rock or heavy metal. I suppose I've always been influenced by folk music, I'm a big Bob… — Roger Glover Copy Share Image
The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you… — Layne Staley Copy Share Image
Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop. It's the way we advertise… — Wale Copy Share Image
Music is a place to take refuge. It's a sanctuary from mediocrity and boredom. It's innocent and it's a place you can… — Lisa Gerrard Copy Share Image
Popular music is all about traveling at the speed of you and elevating the individual as the highest thing in the world. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
The music is something outside myself that's also inside myself... Music and a sense of another presence always went hand in hand.… — John Tavener Copy Share Image
I had become a kind of information magpie, gathering to myself all manner of shiny scraps of fact and hokum and books… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“We find that David had the tenderness and the sensitivity of an artist. He was a musician and a songwriter. David did… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
I thought, This is fabulous. It sent shivers up my spine. I thought, What kinds of people are these that would produce… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
Aaron Copland was a man that had a very specific point of view about what music should be which was that, he… — Elliott Carter Copy Share Image
The world’s a better place since I chose music. I like the physical aspect of it, the volume and the intensity of… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm not very much an open book, I do really express myself only through my music and when I'm in that safe… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
The man who has many answers is often found in the theaters of information where he offers, graciously, his deep findings. While… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
When I met my wife Vicky's family, I had to go out of my way to convince them, to show them, that… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
For some reason, people don't want to see a girl onstage. Whether it's a girl or a guy, if you like the… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
In the broad spectrum of the arts, two worlds rarely overlap - the literary world and the world of rock music. — William Boyd Copy Share Image
Music in New Orleans has always been the heartbeat that drives the city. It was that even before Katrina, and that's what… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
When you listen to radio and hear the same 20 or 25 songs, you start hunting down your CD's. Waylon Jennings' records… — Randy Houser Copy Share Image
I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I… — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
Once I discovered music and that you don't need to just use words but can add a growl to the melody, that… — Banks Copy Share Image
The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're there and… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
“Some need diamonds some need love Some need cards some need luck Some need dollar bills lining their clothes all I need… — Beck Hansen Copy Share Image
I definitely don't like red carpets. I go on the red carpet because I have to but I'm not a big fan.… — Ava Max Copy Share Image
Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, the ubiquitous music is salsa, cumbia, merengue, a little bit of samba. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Unlike seeing, where one can look away, one cannot 'hear away' but must listen ... hearing implies already belonging together in such… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
I don't listen to music before a race - my coach doesn't like it, he thinks I might lose my focus and… — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
I'm a musical geek. It's like there's this big, wild universe in my head, and I love to express it. — Labrinth Copy Share Image
I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated with the strong emotional ties that music can have. A song can bring you back to a place… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I want to put out music I really believe in, and when I felt that was threatened, I lashed out at everybody. — James Arthur Copy Share Image
I came up with a lot of characters when I was growing up that were just creative outlets, and then, at one… — Gus Dapperton Copy Share Image
Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
I think all musicians should understand that you have chosen not to be a soldier but a musician. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
I would be happy to live in a world with no mirrors, but at the same time, it's great to look good… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
If you can't prove it in words, it ain't gospel. Soul music is just an expression of the mind, but your spirit… — Andrae Crouch Copy Share Image
Big Red Machine is really a community effort: I guess it involves almost 30 musicians. It does come out of our friendship,… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
“Music is not just the black dots on the white paper -- it's what happens when those black dots go into your… — Phil Smith Copy Share Image
