--- title: "16 Stories Music Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Stories Music quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Stories Music sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/pearl-bailey-16039_music_i-tell-stories-to-music-and-thank-god-in_1485755.jpg" --- > [I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-bailey/i-tell-stories-to-music-and-thank-god-in-tune/) [Pearl Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-bailey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/pearl-bailey-16039_music_i-tell-stories-to-music-and-thank-god-in_1485755.jpg) > [I like back-stories to music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldlink/i-like-back-stories-to-music/) [Goldlink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goldlink/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/goldlink-6653_like_i-like-back-stories-to-music-1203402_1203402.jpg) > [Remy Ma is from the Bronx and I'm from the Bronx. The stories in her music are similar to what I've experienced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-mena/remy-ma-is-from-the-bronx-and-i-m-from-the-bronx-the-stories-in-her/) [Erica Mena](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-mena/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/erica-mena-10891_bronx_remy-ma-is-from-the-bronx-and-i-m-from-t_303954.jpg) > [The stories in our music form a special viewpoint on the story of America in the 20th Century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-stuart/the-stories-in-our-music-form-a-special-viewpoint-on-the-story-of/) [Marty Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marty-stuart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/marty-stuart-4580_20th-century_the-stories-in-our-music-form-a-special_3138972.png) > [My favorite thing in the world is telling stories, and most of what I do is telling stories through music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-swift/my-favorite-thing-in-the-world-is-telling-stories-and-most-of-what-i/) [Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-swift/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/taylor-swift-125_favorite-thing_my-favorite-thing-in-the-world-is-tellin_107341.jpg) > [I like the purity of telling stories now because not a lot of people are telling stories in their music. I wanna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rotimi/i-like-the-purity-of-telling-stories-now-because-not-a-lot-of-people/) [Rotimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rotimi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/rotimi-23440_music_i-like-the-purity-of-telling-stories-now_2332694.jpg) > [I love playing live and meeting a lot of the people and hearing their stories and how the music touches their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-tedeschi/i-love-playing-live-and-meeting-a-lot-of-the-people-and-hearing-their/) [Susan Tedeschi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-tedeschi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/326/susan-tedeschi-6059_i-love_i-love-playing-live-and-meeting-a-lot-of_59064.jpg) > [I really said, 'Okay, this is just the right job for me. This is really what I need to be doing: telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lennertz/i-really-said-okay-this-is-just-the-right-job-for-me-this-is-really/) [Christopher Lennertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lennertz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/christopher-lennertz-56116_different_i-really-said-okay-this-is-just-the-righ_2098426.jpg) > [It's not like I'm narrating stories with music behind them. It's all kind of one thing. You hope you can provoke a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-meiburg/it-s-not-like-i-m-narrating-stories-with-music-behind-them-it-s-all/) [Jonathan Meiburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-meiburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/jonathan-meiburg-24591_all-kinds_it-s-not-like-i-m-narrating-stories-with_2595923.jpg) > [I'm not sure I ever try to make a case for the music. I mean, sometimes the music isn't even that good.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-azerrad/i-m-not-sure-i-ever-try-to-make-a-case-for-the-music-i-mean-sometimes/) [Michael Azerrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-azerrad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/michael-azerrad-18236_band_i-m-not-sure-i-ever-try-to-make-a-case-f_276708.jpg) > [When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/when-i-was-very-little-my-mother-would-read-to-me-in-bed-she-gave-me/) [Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/michael-morpurgo-3162_bed_when-i-was-very-little-my-mother-would-r_2087394.png) > [What I'm trying to do is tell good stories through music. I think some of the best songs, the best country songs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-palladio/what-i-m-trying-to-do-is-tell-good-stories-through-music-i-think-some/) [Sam Palladio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-palladio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/sam-palladio-18750_best_what-i-m-trying-to-do-is-tell-good-stori_658875.jpg) > [It makes you feel like a warm hug when you listen to the stories in the music. It's why I fell in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lainey-wilson/it-makes-you-feel-like-a-warm-hug-when-you-listen-to-the-stories-in/) [Lainey Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lainey-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/lainey-wilson-6157_hug_it-makes-you-feel-like-a-warm-hug-when-y_2601386.jpg) > [Both are about telling stories and bringing truth to those stories. In most of my music it's firsthand experience, and some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kano/both-are-about-telling-stories-and-bringing-truth-to-those-stories-in/) [Kano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f2/kano-5686_control_both-are-about-telling-stories-and-bring_1236084.jpg) > [I play an instrument that has four strings, and I'm still trying to get it right. What I've tried to do in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/i-play-an-instrument-that-has-four-strings-and-i-m-still-trying-to/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/yo-yo-ma-8612_four_i-play-an-instrument-that-has-four-strin_2987241.png) > [“I have no way of knowing whether you, who eventually will read this record, like stories or not. If you do not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/i-have-no-way-of-knowing-whether-you-who-eventually-will-read-this/) [Gene Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/gene-wolfe-2530_books_i-have-no-way-of-knowing-whether-you-who_2264284.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories-music/#itemlist", "name": "Stories Music Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pearl Bailey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-bailey/i-tell-stories-to-music-and-thank-god-in-tune/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/pearl-bailey-16039_music_i-tell-stories-to-music-and-thank-god-in_1485755.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/pearl-bailey-16039_music_i-tell-stories-to-music-and-thank-god-in_1485755.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/pearl-bailey-16039_music_i-tell-stories-to-music-and-thank-god-in_1485755.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.” — Pearl Bailey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like back-stories to music.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Goldlink" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldlink/i-like-back-stories-to-music/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/goldlink-6653_like_i-like-back-stories-to-music-1203402_1203402.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/goldlink-6653_like_i-like-back-stories-to-music-1203402_1203402.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/goldlink-6653_like_i-like-back-stories-to-music-1203402_1203402.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like back-stories to music.” — Goldlink", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Remy Ma is from the Bronx and I'm from the Bronx. 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