Focused Quote by Dave Grohl

I've never been one to just play safe music and think that's all there is to it.

— Duff McKagan

People think that when they're playing it safe, they're trying to preserve what they have, but there is no preservation of what you have…

— Josh Homme

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.

— Trey Anastasio

Music is one of those things that if you play it safe, it can be incredibly boring.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it. If you're swept away by…

— Bobby Hutcherson

Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view,…

— John Lydon

I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me.

— Chantal Kreviazuk

Music is careful attention paid to ongoing experience.

— Paul Morley

The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it.

— Bobby Hutcherson

When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you…

— Elton John

There are people much better placed to make music than me. It's always been a young person's game.

— Andrew Ridgeley

If you play music for no other reason than actually just because you love it, the skills just kinda creep up on you.

— Nuno Bettencourt