Music Quote by Cornel West Download Open image “For me, music is in no way ornamental or decorative, it's constitutive of who I am.” — Cornel West ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Music Music is Way Who i am
I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated! — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
For me, music is in no way ornamental or decorative, it's constitutive of who I am. And that's why, when I say I'm a… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
For me, music is sort of the art that I can't incorporate into my person the way I want to. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor… — Robert Shaw Copy Share Image
I am more and more convinced that music is not, in essence, a thing which can be cast into a traditional and fixed form.… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
Music has the power to transcend your physical being and take you up. Because music has a metaphysical quality it really makes your life… — Wayne Coyne Copy Share Image
Music has an intrinsic meaning, which has always been mysterious to me. — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
Something about music urges us to engage with its larger context, beyond the piece of plastic it came on-it seems to be part of… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit. — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
There has certainly been ugly, right-wing hatred targeting Barack Obama. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
What is accurately portrayed is the rich humanity not just of Martin Luther King but of the movement, which was a multiracial movement. You… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I feel as if I have been blessed to undergo a transformation from 'gangster' to 'redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities.' — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“Like King, we need to put on our cemetery clothes and be coffin-ready for the next great democratic battle.” — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“You can't really move forward until you look back. [From Remaking America panel discussion at George Washington University]” — Cornel West Copy Share Image
When we think of globalization we are thinking in part of structures and institutions that have been developed over time and that have allowed… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The challenge artists face today is whether to be an underground, unheard genius, or to dilute their art for the marketplace. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this regard, they… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I don't draw any distinctions between forms of bigotry or forms of ideology that lose sight of the humanity of people. I can't stand… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Barack Obama has domesticated the left in such a way that we feel as if we have no alternative but him...I refuse to accept… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Larry Summers, I think, he had a long history of arrogance and relative ignorance about poor people's culture and working people's culture and so… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
Before I debuted, it was my goal to make my debut, and afterwards, I aimed at winning champion titles on television music shows, and… — Hyuna Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I'm at the edge of the world, Where do I go from here? Do I disappear? Edge of the world, Should I sink or… — Bring Me The Horizon Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of people come out of Carol City, but I had this distinct vision for Carol City, just me coming out… — Denzel Curry Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“Downloading's the same as what I used to do. I used to tape the charts of the songs I liked [off the radio]. I… — Liam Gallagher Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I want people to hear my lyrics and my melodies and say, 'That dude's in pain.' — Ivan Moody Copy Share Image
I make dance music because I love to dance. But I want to think at the same time. — Stromae Copy Share Image
