Before Quote by David Byrne

With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.

— Arlo Guthrie

Music is the one part of the entertainment business where you can't fool anybody into buying a record.

— Nile Rodgers

I didn't want my music to be seen as examples of an electronic culture; I just wanted them to be thought of as pieces…

— Paul Lansky

We've been able to record the music of cultures that did not have recording, and thus preserve it. But there is also a negative…

— Michael Snow

If there was just music without any genres, then people would look at a lot of things afresh, and approach a record without any…

— Bonobo

You can't really imagine music without technology.

— Brian Eno

What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a…

— Walter Becker

Music is admitted under the skin without permission.

— Jon Foreman

My music sounds different because the techniques are archaic, seeing as most people only record digitally.

— Adrian Younge

Making music should not be left to the professionals.

— Michelle Shocked

music alone can abolish differences of language or culture between two people and evoke something indestructible within them.

— Irene Nemirovsky

Music is part of history, and our history has lessons that cannot be separated from our greatest music.

— Mstislav Rostropovich