Ability Quote by John Blacking

I think there is no culture in which music is not very important and central. That's why I think of us as a sort…

— Oliver Sacks

Music is not an acquired culture... it is an active part of life.

— Isaac Stern

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.

— Jimmy Chamberlin

In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their musical legacy…

— Alan Bishop

There has been times when we've had really great commercial success in various parts of the world. And the sensibility is something that's kind…

— Ron Mael

In times of totalitarian or autocratic rule, music (indeed culture in general) is often the only avenue of independent thought. It is the only…

— Daniel Barenboim

I feel like there are moments where musicians may be more interested - or culture in general - to show roots and where one…

— Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega

Cultures in general are led by people who make decisions that are more geared toward what they want to see than what the culture…

— RaMell Ross

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture…

— George Crumb

“When they find out what I do for a living, many people tell me they love music listening, but their music lessons 'didn't take.'…

— Daniel J. Levitin

Musical expression is never primarily national, but is personal and individual rather. It is so deep, so profound, that it goes beyond and below…

— Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Music is part of our culture.

— Mohit Chauhan