I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles… — Flea Copy Share Image
I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them. — Cecilia Bartoli Copy Share Image
I can see myself wanting to write a historical novel - you don't need to worry about references to reality TV or… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Next to meditation is music, soulful music, the music that stirs and elevates our aspiring consciousness. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I'm making black music. That's the only outline for me, really. That's the only boundary to stay with. It's soul music. I'm… — D'Angelo Copy Share Image
The experiences that I've had growing up with music, you know, I couldn't trade them for any money in the world. Dancing… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I heard this music coming out of the radio and it was 'Ain't Nobody's Business.' It got me. I thought, 'I can… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
“Music is undescribable, and no words can be said to understand it. The only way to understand it is to hear it.” — Allyson McClain Copy Share Image
Keep true to the rare music in your heart, to the marvelous and unique form that is and shall always be nothing… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
My goal is to live the truly religious life, and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
“I grew up in the 1930s Great Depression when many families struggled to make ends meet, and in an area where old-fashioned… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I believe that magic is art, and that art, whether that be music, writing, sculpture, or any other form, is literally magic.… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
We all get habituated, right? You get up in the morning, have your coffee, and read your newspaper, and that’s great. Everybody… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
I think it's the strength of her music, using art to make a statement. I think it really is. It was not… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Let my name perish, -- the poetry is good poetry and the music is good music, and beauty dieth not, and the… — Sidney Lanier Copy Share Image
I had a vision how it should sound and I put all my knowledge into this product and it is a fantastic… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
I've worked with lots of musicians - like Tina Turner - and I love when they go in front of the fitting… — L'Wren Scott Copy Share Image
'm not saying I would never do acting again, because I love it, but there really is nothing compared to getting up… — Schuyler Fisk Copy Share Image
We've never tried to make timeless music like, say, Bruce Springsteen. But we've come to realize that maybe we've had more of… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists,… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I'm such a lover of music that it would be very hard for me to pinpoint it to a particular artist. — Bobby Sherman Copy Share Image
My first transistor radio was the heart of my gadget love today. It fit in my hand and brought me a world… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either. — Agnes Obel Copy Share Image
“I know nothing of music,’ Barnby had, in turn, once remarked, ‘but Hugh Moreland’s accompaniment to that film sounded to me like… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
I don't think I came to music. I think music came to me - or was already embedded when I came into… — June Millington Copy Share Image
I don't write my music for Sony. I write it for the people who are screaming down the road crying to a… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
The core of what we do is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and my music is a reflection of the Gospel of… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
Some music comes from a real place; some music comes from your imagination. It's difficult to find out what's real and what's… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Funny songs aren't usually that good. Like Weird Al and maybe a couple of Beatles songs, but it's kind of hard to… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it… — Kiri Te Kanawa Copy Share Image
My dad used to be a rapper, he had a rap group. They did proper old school, boom-bap music. He had a… — AJ Tracey Copy Share Image
We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
As long as we were making music that we felt was of the same quality, there was no reason to stop making… — John Dolmayan Copy Share Image
It (the double-clarinet in India) was primarily used for snake charming, since the snake would do almost anything to get the Indians… — Victor Borge Copy Share Image
I had gone to Oxford to read music. I had done music all my life, but when I got to college I… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
“For songs are the heart of our memory and they let us live the search for meaning in our lives again and… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
It can get boring. Not the playing the songs necessarily, or doing the clothes. You know, you need stimulus. — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
Music left my life for a while, to be honest. It wasn't that I didn't like it, but you know, I'm not… — Christine McVie Copy Share Image
![“I think it's the strength of her music, using art to make a statement. I think it really is. It was not a cheap gift. The gift was an expensive gift for Nina [Simone]. Diamonds are expensive. Her music was expensive. She paid for it, but I think it's her greatest gift.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/nikki-giovanni-1757_art_i-think-it-s-the-strength-of-her-music-u_2650526.png)
