Music Quotes · Page 889

I want, more than anything, to bring some light back to people's lives through my music. The beauty of music is that…

— Chloe Rose Lattanzi

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

— Tracy Chapman

I guess I want to be a voice for the kid. I mean, it sounds quite contrived, but I want to make…

— Arlo Parks

Where most people looked forward to the weekend to go out and yie one on, my idea of a good time was…

— Warren DeMartini

My songwriting is very personal. The music that influenced me was so impactful that had I grown up somewhere else, I know…

— Phoebe Bridgers

[On Werner Erhard, founder of est:] If I wanted a new belief system, I'd choose to believe in God - He's been…

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

I think all my albums have concentrated on songs, I've never taken the typical Van Halen route to try and become a…

— Gary Moore

My more risky or avant garde music is not that well known to a wider audience, but I wish it was.

— Ennio Morricone

Canada does a really a phenomenal job of producing music, actors, and entertainers. If you look at the number of people we…

— Stephen Amell

I'd love to act more. I've had to turn down multiple movies because I was on tour, but it's encouraging to know…

— Joe Jonas

I've been asked which of the other arts novel-writing is most like, and I have come to believe it is acting. Of…

— Andrew O'Hagan

Songs are like my children, from the concept phase, to writing, to recording, then editing and all of the work that went…

— Granger Smith

I would play the songs for my mom, and she would give me pretty good criticism on them. She was never mean,…

— Noah Kahan

I can't say that I'm always writing in my head but I do spend a lot of time in my head writing…

— Stevie Wonder

I'd trusted my fan base, I'd trusted the my gut, and I'd trusted the music. ...the real experts are out there in…

— Eric Church

I always wanted to be a musician, 100 percent, my whole life. I went to school, I did music theory, I did…

— Adria Petty

“We try to explain how we feel, but there aren’t always the right words or the words we have fail. But with…

— Carrie Arcos

“One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards will be at one's throat all…

— David Mitchell

God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love.

— Joshua L. Liebman

If I know you're very good in music, I can predict with just about zero accuracy whether you're going to be good…

— Howard Gardner

I think all groups who don't fit in clearly with Western music have to think, 'How can I expand my market? Where…

— Kiran Ahluwalia

I think when people hear your music, sometimes they get deeply attached to it and think they know something about you, that…

— Mark Lanegan

“Music is the hidden arithmetic of the soul, which does not know that it deals with numbers. (Paraphrasing Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz)”

— Ellen Klages

I have to worry how other women and girls will react to my music. Will they really understand the message that I'm…

— Natti Natasha

I don't do drugs, and so music very much gets me going. When I do something, I think, "If it was a…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I will never forget experiencing Venice for the first time. It feels like you are transported to another time - the art,…

— Elizabeth Berkley

No, I don't regret my decision at all, especially after I started this music career. My eyes were as big as saucers.

— Johnny Mathis

Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better…

— Shakira

Mainly what I learned from Buddy... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers…

— Waylon Jennings

I started performing in musical events after the success of 'Victory' and fans demanded the song 'Khaali Quarter' in every show.

— Arjun Janya

If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come.

— Kurt Elling

WME and IMG both truly understand and value my music and Mosaert's creative visions; they are forward-thinking, all-encompassing, and thoughtful in how…

— Stromae

It's really deep to me. Although it seems to many people that I'm making silly music, I'm really serious.

— Redfoo

When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation…

— Peggy Fleming

I don't really know what a debut album is no more. As long as you got music on the streets, you've debuted.

— Freddie Gibbs

The only musicals I've really worked on in New York are new musicals, and I like the idea that my job as…

— Phillipa Soo

The more songs I've written, the more I've grown interested in telling a story. When I first began, I had this list…

— David Longstreth

“Artist paint images unseen, musicians create sounds that emerge from silence, and authors write from a synthetic point of view about a…

— Carl Henegan

Being in Birmingham, I thought I was going to be a gangster or a bag-runner or a thief. I heard music and…

— Ozzy Osbourne

We're all big fans of pop music; this is definitely the direction we've always wanted to head in.

— Chrissy Costanza