Music Quotes · Page 906

We dont want the lyrics of our songs to necessarily stand out but we want them to sound really natural and fit…

— The Wanted

My mum is a primary school teacher and my dad is a music teacher and I've got loads of brothers and sisters.

— Tom Bateman

I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.

— Kurt Elling

I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

— Ludwig Van Beethoven

Solace is my favorite song. It was the last song we wrote for the record. It was right when we really started…

— Brandon Thomas

The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go…

— Emmylou Harris

Ohhhso hard to say, but George Harrison was pretty darn special. Such a great guybeautiful person and amazing songwriter/musician. A real honor…

— Chuck Leavell

I've really enjoyed the attention of people knowing my music and hearing me and coming to see me. But I also am…

— Noah Kahan

I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I don't quite know how to…

— Marvin Gaye

Growing up, I was definitely surrounded by music all the time. My parents used to always play music; my dad used to…

— Stefflon Don

Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little…

— Bruce Springsteen

I got to play Kim in Bye Bye Birdie, Sandy in Grease, and Maria in The Sound of Music. And it was…

— Taylor Swift

Back in the day, being a young, inspired bass player, I started to gravitate toward jazz fusion. I almost would have called…

— Robert Trujillo

That is another chamber of my heart that shows no electrical activity - the chamber that used to flicker into life when…

— Nick Hornby

There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should…

— Duke Ellington

Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music…

— Malcolm D. Lee

Some songs are so touching to the heart it makes you think that it was made for you. Also some are so…

— Anonymous

Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music…

— Eric Clapton

Anything I do has to have integrity, so if you just want to make music, it's not difficult finding support. The hard…

— Esperanza Spalding

It is an honour and a privilege to play music for a living, and I don't take it for granted, not even…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

My music library has about every genre of music possible. I've really gotten into Ray LaMontagne, He makes amazing music, so I…

— Jean-Luc Bilodeau

“The iPhone is not only the bestselling mobile phone but also the bestselling music player, the bestselling camera, the bestselling video screen…

— Brian Merchant

I always loved music and I always loved to perform, and that's my favorite part, to perform; my favorite part is not…

— Ginuwine

Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the…

— Johannes Brahms

My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National…

— Jonathan Anderson

We recognize the universal power of music to touch the hearts of men and women everywhere and in all generations-to inspire and…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music,…

— Taio Cruz

“The real dance is a spontaneous body movement that in harmony with the beats of the music in your heart.”

— Toba Beta

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

— Herbie Hancock

“Time goes by at the speed of life Slower than a slow dance on a hot summer night Faster than the skin…

— Anonymous

We've taken Japan's 'idol' music genre of pretty girls singing and dancing and added 'kawaii metal,' which is totally new.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

I would like to assure those who would serve Daridranarayana that there is music, art, economy and joy in the spinning wheel.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The producer role attracts introverts. Making music on your computer is so appealing to someone who just sits in their room all…

— Flying Lotus

As a music supervisor, you learn to embrace the best of every genre, and I really have to say there's nothing that…

— Alexandra Patsavas

The main thing was metal was scary. But thanks to Babymetal and being exposed to different types of music, we've learned to…

— Yui Mizuno

I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy…

— Hayley Williams

Those that know me know that I'm not 100% in love with commercial pop music. It's not my preferred genre - I…

— Labrinth

I'm still looking for the rules of what is and isn't pop music. I'm pop. I mean, of course I am. What…

— Robbie Williams

That creates the magic, and that's the wonderment of the musical process and how precious that is.

— Mick Fleetwood

There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever…

— Sun Tzu