Music Quotes · Page 862

I was busy enough when I was just a musician. I wasn't making all that much money but I was busy.

— Scatman Crothers

Someone who only wants to play sold-out shows will find a tempo that works at the shows and then focus on making…

— Vince Staples

I am not just a singer, I am a composer as well. Because I'm balancing both, it takes me longer to compose…

— Ankit Tiwari

I gotta be me. I'm going to go to ball games, because that's what I do. I'm going to go to live…

— Lori Lightfoot

Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my…

— Louise Brown

I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.

— Richie Havens

In art, in music, in everything, I think the more you experience, the more people can empathize with you.

— Seo In-guk

Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I…

— Colbie Caillat

When I look back at what musical theatre music and show music meant to me, first of all - more than anything…

— Jason Mraz

There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact of no getting away from…

— Eminem

“Almost immediately after jazz musicians arrived in Paris, they began to gather in two of the city’s most important creative neighborhoods: Montmartre…

— Jeffrey H. Jackson

The reality for me is simple. When music is written, it is usually categorized as classical. When it is improvised, it can…

— Dave Brubeck

I linked up with Swishahouse when I was 17 or 18, and was a child through most of my first few records.…

— Paul Wall

There was a time when hip-hop was its own musical principle, aside from sampling. Like the entire Wild Style break is instrumental.…

— Mos Def

I give a lot of credit to 'Cherry Pie.' It has stood the test of time. It's a little catchy. It's a…

— Jani Lane

“The musicians-how shall one begin to describe them? All this time they have been there, playing in a mad frenzy-all of this…

— Upton Sinclair

Music has got a community vibe to it that pulls people together, and those communities are different in different places.

— Matt Berninger

I don't do album covers or CD covers for groups or musicians I don't like or have no interest in.

— Robert Crumb

There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the words, it's the music to the…

— Gary Ross

[The poets' role is that of] capturing on their instruments the secret stir of life in the air and giving it voice…

— Rabindranath Tagore

Now words like innocence Don't mean a thing You hear the music play But you can't sing Those pictures in your mind…

— Rachel Copeland

I'm not interested in anything besides making some good music, helping some artists, being an executive. I'm pretty happy with that.

— No I.D

There's certain types of music where the artist sells the song - where it doesn't really matter what's going on with the…

— Jessica Origliasso

You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours…

— Andrea Bocelli

I can give you my personal opinion: love the music, hate the business. It's a screwball business, and there are a lot…

— Justin Timberlake

We always used to describe ourselves as an instrumental band. Basically, the music was always instrumentally based, so the songs always came…

— Ian Gillan

“I'm layering away: sauce, noodles, I belong to you , cheese, sauce, my heart is yours , noodles, cheese, I hear your…

— Jandy Nelson

My folks were country music performers. They made records and even did a few tours with the Grand Ole Opry. There always…

— Lenny Breau

As a singer-turned-actor, you will already have a fan base. However, if you don't do well in the movies, your career in…

— Ammy Virk

I'm an only child and an American and am wholly in favor of uniqueness of voice in everything, especially music and writing.

— Lee Klein

Good music is good music. If a muthafucka dont like it cause it dont have that effect on your voice well.. thats…

— T-Pain

I always played around with writing songs, but when you're spending a lot of time in bars, you have a lot of…

— Dave Gahan

I just am really bad at making new friends - especially in the music industry, because they're not really real friends; they're…

— Bibi Bourelly

I think artists are entitled to their songs. I'm very vocal and I understand that not everybody's gonna like me; it's not…

— Jean Grae

A lot of time when I'm creating songs, they're in real time. When I'm writing the song, I feel what I'm feeling…

— Jhene Aiko

The melody will tell me what the song should be about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in.…

— Sia

Every girl wants songs written about her. Even the most hardened tattoo-covered punk rock girl would love a nice ballad written for…

— Eef Barzelay

When I'm not completely loaded, it's a much more vulnerable place. I can feel the music, I can feel the energy and…

— Scott Weiland

Brian Eno records and music became a huge obsession of mine in college, in a way that a pop song can provide…

— Greg Mottola

It is good to be different, because difference is great; that's what this music is based on. But lose that energy between…

— Andrew Hill