Musical Quotes · Page 34

I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the…

— Stendhal

The technical brilliance of Lang Lang and the musical genius to create a masterpiece on the spot.

— Ian Brown

We always wanted to have a movie musical be made and be seen by a lot of people.

— Russell Mael

A little bit if listening with a passable ear will get an awful lot of messages anywhere.

— John Hendricks

India is a musical country, so it would appear obvious to use our collective passion for music to promote a book.

— Amish Tripathi

I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra.…

— Mandy Moore

Since the dawn of recorded music, every generation has felt shocked by the musical tastes of the next.

— Dan Hill

I'm looking for the surprises, you know, and the unexpected moments of technology, the unexpected moments of musical creation.

— DJ /rupture

My parents were not musical, but my mom just really wanted my brother and I to learn music as well as practice…

— Olivia Merilahti

When I was a teenager, just about the only thing I could do right was play music. In my graduating class, I…

— Robert Pinsky

Musical 'fusion' projects have earned themselves a bad name, but that's mainly because they often involve pop artists conscripting orchestras to play…

— Charles Hazlewood

Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical…

— Gary Burton

Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop…

— Shinichi Suzuki

My musical style was developed basically by listening to music. The music I like helped to mold my style. I used to…

— King Louie

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

— Steve Berlin

I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.The play didn't make it but I was a success. It lasted…

— Muhammad Ali

In my youth, cinemas showed two films in one day. I used to watch both of them. It may sound strange, but…

— Ennio Morricone

I want people to hear really exciting music played by the best, but in a context where they can clap when they…

— Charles Hazlewood

One of my oldest friends from Kansas, his sister was married to Ben [Folds] and wrote lyrics on his first couple of…

— Jason Sudeikis

When one knows at an early age that their gift, talent and direction is musical, one tends to focus on that and…

— Randy Bachman

I'm glad I can do both full-band electric and solo acoustic performances. It's nice to have contrast, so if you get fed…

— Richard Thompson

We often say that psi is like musical ability: it is widely distributed in the populate, and everyone has some ability and…

— Russell Targ

I have a great interest in Victorian musical & cabaret performances and Weimar artists so the references are there, to Cabaret and…

— Andy Serkis

I think there are very few invisible musical instrument players out there who can claim the chops and sheer perseverance of Björn…

— John Hodgman

It's true that my mom loved it when I played Joanie Cunningham in the musical 'Happy Days,' but I think she finally…

— Christine Lakin

Jazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions.

— Johnny Griffin

I got started as an actress doing musical theater, and I always loved 'Grease' and 'West Side Story,' and all those kind…

— Sara Paxton

Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can…

— Harold Budd

We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.

— K. D. Lang

When you put the musical in front of an audience, you get to see how the audience reacts.

— Jennifer Damiano

Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on.

— Graham Nash

And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in…

— Edgar Allan Poe

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to…

— Jean Cocteau

I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would…

— Lara Pulver

That whole world of musical theater was my first love. It's where I wanted to be when I was three years old.

— Debra Messing

The Steinway piano is the most harmonious implement for musical intention. It completes what is beautiful and artistic.

— Yefim Bronfman

Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.

— Barbara Januszkiewicz

Wouldn't Ponochio II be a great musical, now that he has to face the real world and get a wife... job. Now…

— Rufus Wainwright

Going through this musical experience really helped us to understand the core of the film.

— Isabelle Huppert

I didn't think of myself as a singer. I'm an actor who recites words, and sometimes that happens to be on musical…

— Mandy Patinkin