Idea Quote by Brian Eno

I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and episodic quality…

— Brian Eno

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting…

— David Bowie

I'm painting so much that I don't listen to much music. Because music is another creative outlet, it's a huge distraction for me when…

— Chris Mars

To make music I rely on other people, which is good - that's the main difference in painting and music at this stage. They…

— Danny Fox

Music is like art, so I just paint all my pictures and put 'em out there.

— Young Dolph

With music you can express any emotion, you can paint pictures.

— Sun Ra

I look at music like an art form, so it's almost like painting for me, you know?

— Melanie Martinez

When you do music, your friends are writers, actors, painters. It's all under the sameroof. So anything creative is interesting to me.

— Alison Mosshart

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs…

— Ed Sheeran

Ambient music is my favorite art form because there's no interface. It just commands you how to feel. There's no suggestion of lyrics or…

— Matty Healy

I would like to write or make a completely ambient song.

— Ruel

It's the idea of a multi-sensory experience stemming from music that opened my interest into painting, to be honest.

— Serj Tankian