Music Quotes · Page 885

I mean, Frank Sinatra is one of the great performers in pop music history. Why shouldn't I be delighted to carry on…

— Frank Sinatra Jr

My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to…

— Imogen Heap

“The racist regime thought classical music was for the white audience only. Stravinsky insisted on performing for the black audience.”

— BBC African journalist

My first attempt at real music was when I was 13. My first signed band was when I was 21; that failed.…

— Aaron Bruno

“The voice sang on, “I am ready, I am ready, I am fine. I am fine, I am fine, I am fine.”…

— Kimberly Novosel

I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and…

— Brad Paisley

When you're a front man for a band, there's nowhere to hide. It took me a long time to get used to…

— Gloria Estefan

All the music we know that's popular is actually commonly shared music that takes things that are similar about all of us.

— Tod Machover

“Blue pencils, blue noses, blue movies, laws, blue legs and stockings, the language of birds, bees and flowers as sung by longshoremen,…

— William H. Gass

When I first started writing these kind of songs that would eventually become Decemberists songs, I was writing them because I knew…

— Colin Meloy

We're not building a nuclear reactor here. We're not drilling a mile beneath the surface of the ocean with no plan in…

— Gord Downie

“Coleridge wrote a poem called ‘The Eolian Harp,’ in which he explored the notion of music slumbering on its instrument. It's a…

— Amal El-Mohtar

I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, I would have loved to had that…

— George Jones

I have done a bit of recording and the songs are available on iTunes, and I've got some nice comments. It's something…

— Tom Felton

Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt…

— Ray LaMontagne

I think the true artist - musician, dancer, writer, actor - a true artist is able to sort of articulate pain and…

— Black Thought

Western music is arguably America's greatest contribution to the 20th century, cultural or otherwise.

— Steve Erickson

Live music is the most primal form of energy release you can share with other people besides having sex or taking drugs.

— Kurt Cobain

It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it's really important for me to…

— Grimes

I was the music director at a dinner theater called the 'Pheasant Run Theater' in the suburbs of Chicago, and that was…

— Sean Hayes

I've always tried to avoid electronic music in India because whatever songs I got in the genre I didn't really enjoy singing…

— Arijit Singh

You should get the feeling you should move. That's what is meant when people say the music moves me.

— Elvin Jones

I've demanded respect for myself and my band and my peers, I've demanded full artistic control for my music, I advocate for…

— Steve Miller

“That is the kind of people they knew, Marguerite and her father—artists, writers, musicians.” She gave a dismissive sniff.”

— Lillian Marek

I love MTV. I watched 'Beavis and Butthead,' 'Wayne's World,' 'Yo! MTV Raps.' And they used to have music videos on there.…

— Riff Raff

I treat every album as a new beginning, so I'm asking myself, 'What is pop music now? What are people consuming?' and…

— Luis Fonsi

What night gave Rafael was a formlessness in which everything had a purpose. As if darkness had a hidden musical language.

— Michael Ondaatje

'Raaga' is one of those movies which is very special for any music director to compose music for.

— Arjun Janya

“Her name was a silent song on his lips. Her love was like a circle in the water, radiating ever outward, inevitably…

— Susan Wiggs

I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself.…

— Kevin Eubanks

Buy my album because... it's the kind of music you can be friends with. And it's the only way that *pause* aliens…

— Darren Criss

Whether it be through television, or through music, or through dance, or through film, whatever it is, as long as it's the…

— Derek Hough

I create music; I create painting; I create whatever I want to create. I create, what you say, clothes. I create, I…

— Gael Monfils

I love what I do and the music I make and the bands I've done, especially Fall Out Boy. I also love…

— Joe Trohman

Music industry is a very competitive field, and one has to continuously entertain and excite the audience, which is a difficult task.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

People say to me about my music 'it got me through college, it saved my marriage, it helped me to come out.'…

— Lisa Stansfield

The social media thing is insane: the constant engagement with the public, not even just your fans. It's not really about the…

— Santigold

There are so many soulful singers, even the ones coming from London, like Adele and Jessie J, who are just amazing. It…

— Britney Spears

From politics and business to music and food to culture, African-Americans have helped to shape our state's colourful past and its future.

— Mary Landrieu

I've always liked women singers and appreciate a good story being told. That's what country music used to do on the radio.

— Rhiannon Giddens