Musical Quotes · Page 13

I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.

— Rick James

You know, they were returning to the language of the people and trying to use musical language, particularly as Copland did to…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

Digital music boils down the actual musical experience.

— Simon Le Bon

To him the stars seemed like so many musical notes affixed to the sky, just waiting for somebody to unfasten them. Someday…

— Machado de Assis

Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually prefer a role in a broadway musical.

— Julia Barr

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful.

— Benjamin Britten

I rented a summer home in the winter on Long Island, I took long walks, and then I ended up moving to…

— June Millington

I can only speak for myself, but public school did nothing for me musically. I got the impression a musical career was…

— Charlie Fink

I think there are rock stars within every subgenre, and for people who are obsessed with musical theater Sutton Foster and Audra…

— Anna Kendrick

Probably my two biggest musical influences were the Everly Brothers and the Beatles, in chronological order. Both of them have had a…

— Arlo Guthrie

This group came on stage, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and this whirling dervish, this electrifying white soul singer was so…

— Clive Davis

I was struck by the effortless way they moved between musical styles, all the while managing to make each their own. It…

— Steve Berlin

Hellhammer is the best drummer ever, and Euronymous is a musical genius.

— Varg Vikernes

A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA.

— Martin Short

There is a temptation for an actor to editorialize what they're doing. And you can't do that with Pinter. It's almost like…

— Peter Riegert

I like to work with artists who are as wide in their musical taste as I am.

— Anonymous

Since the inception of Gym Class in 1997, every member has had another musical outlet, if not three or four.

— Travie McCoy

I really was kind of like a musical nerd. I would watch VH1's 'Behind The Music.' That was heavy when I was…

— Rico Love

First, a poem must be magical, then musical as a sea-gull and it must hold fire as well.

— Jose Garcia Villa

I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition.

— Trey Anastasio

People have always said that I could have been a highly successful pop artist, if only that were my intention. It never…

— Todd Rundgren

I've heard of people stopping their cars, having car wrecks, all kinds of things. But most of the banjo players I know…

— Earl Scruggs

The greatest contribution jazz has made in music has been to replace the role of the conductor with a member of the…

— Elvin Jones

I'm a musical theater aficionado, a.k.a. loser.

— Paulo Costanzo

People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't.

— Andrew Lloyd Webber