Clown Quote by David Bowie

Music should be a collective magic and hysteria.

— Pierre Boulez

There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea.

— Al Yankovic

I think music should be judged on what it is. It should be very high and above everything else. It is a beautiful way…

— Sonny Rollins

If you don't like this, we don't care - I think that's the essence of what popular music should be.

— Ron Mael

It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up…

— Al Yankovic

Forget about musical credibility. I think, unless you're Radiohead or whatever, it's pointless striving for that. What I would like is some respect.

— Ronan Keating

Music should be some kind of nourishment.

— Chuck D

I think that music at inappropriate times with inappropriate volumes can be the funniest thing ever.

— Ed Helms

Everyone needs an escape, whether that is through music or humor. My personal escape is through both of those things so I thought why…

— Ashnikko

The only thing that's serious to me about music is making sure marginalized people are included in the story.

— Justin Tranter

Twentieth century music is like paedophilia. No matter how persuasively and persistently its champions urge their cause, it will never be accepted by the…

— Kingsley Amis

Whenever I do a parody it's not meant to make you hate anybody's music really.

— Al Yankovic