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Music Quotes by Janelle Monae
- One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds…
- People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard…
- I feel like Harriet Tubman, except I am trying to free people through underground music, to free themselves creatively and inspirationally.
- When I got into the music industry, I wasn't focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record deal. It was…
- Children go with whatever makes them feel good - like if that's the color green or orange, they do that with their clothes. As I've…
- Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland to Jimi Hendrix…
- I have a great body, I really do. But I want to be taken seriously as an artist, and wearing anything that shows it off…
- So thats what I want to do with my music, I want to inspire people creatively and artistically to be free.
- I am going to take art more seriously. I most definitely want to leave behind art, and that does not just mean music.
More Music Quotes
- I love recording music. — J. J. Abrams
- Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
- We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong