Musical Quotes · Page 7

I came from a musical family.

— Leslie Uggams

I wouldn't succeed at musical theater.

— David Duchovny

I'm no musical snob.

— Steve Lukather

He'd be better off shoveling snow.

— Richard Strauss

Donnie and Marie can both take a bite.

— Frank Zappa

My skills are musical, not lyrical.

— Brian Wilson

Mozart is the musical Christ.

— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Any musical output is emotional.

— Sid Sriram

Oral musical traditions are rooted in assured and scrupulous faith.

— Franz Liszt

The music is in the air. Take as much as you want.

— Edward Elgar

[At a musical concert:] . . . the music's pure algebra of enchantment.

— Conrad Aiken

I mean, I grew up in a very musical family.

— Jihae

I don't really trust musical artists that don't also do visual art.

— Hunx

I'm personally more struck by visual things more than musical.

— Lana Del Rey

There are no natural barriers. It's all music. It's either hip or it ain't.

— Lee Morgan

I know that one day I would love to do a musical.

— Guillaume Canet

Any film that you make, it's a very high end game of musical chairs ... but that's just the nature of filmmaking.…

— Eran Creevy

Personally, as a lover of musicals, I think we should do a musical version of 'Silent Witness!'

— Liz Carr

Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait…

— Sun Ra

For anyone that's ever had a musical breakthrough in their career, it's always followed by the departure period right after.

— Questlove

The musical stuff I'd go up for was always funny, sexy, tough-as-nails, heart-of-gold characters.

— Bebe Neuwirth

I first had the thought about making a musical of 'Edwin Drood' as far back as 1971.

— Rupert Holmes

Jerry Garcia was a great American master and the Grateful Dead are not just a genuine piece of musical history, but also…

— Trey Anastasio

In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their…

— Alan Bishop

You know when you throw a party, you think people will show up and no one will like each other. It's like…

— Tom Waits

I usually listen to various kind of singers. Curtis Mayfield was my favorite. James Brown, Tina Turner, queen of soul, I started…

— Burning Spear

During the holidays, everyone needs a break from studying for exams and Christmas shopping. I wanted to put together a diverse tour…

— TobyMac

When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious…

— Tamara Tunie

Genetically, I have tons of musical background in my life. My mother's father was a famous Weimar-era composer, Ernst Toch. My father's…

— Lawrence Weschler

Country music as we know it would be vastly different if it weren't for George Jones. He's in our musical DNA. All…

— Pam Tillis

I want to go to places that are unexpected of me, because people really think they have me pegged. I want to…

— Lee Daniels

I wanted to be an artist, but at age 11, somehow all this musical knowledge and information and love for music that…

— Gunther Schuller

I was a tomboy growing up and then fell into the world of theatre and musical theatre. A girlfriend introduced me to…

— Kathryn Budig

Physical separateness can never be overcome by electronics, but only by 'conviviality,' by 'living together' in the most literal physical sense. The…

— Hakim Bey

I have learned that there lies dormant in the souls of all men a penchant for some particular musical instrument an an…

— Mark Twain

How can one express the indefinable sensations that one experiences while writing an instrumental composition that has no definite subject? It is…

— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just…

— Gloria Estefan

Vocals are not central to what I do, and I've never liked singing live. I've always been more inspired by rhythm, texture,…

— Laurel Halo

The Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those…

— Ada Lovelace

I grew up dancing, and for a while in college, I was a gym rat. I finally realized... I'm going to create…

— Christine Lakin