Made Quote by Michael Azerrad

I want people to think about themselves through my music.

— Lola Young

I feel like with music there's so much ego rooted in expressing your thoughts and your experiences with it.

— Maynard James Keenan

I found myself at a time in my career trying to impress everyone. I was constantly thinking about what everyone thought of my music.

— SonReal

Not to deny that it is a thinking people's music, but when I listen to music if I ever catch myself thinking, I'm in…

— Brian Blade

“Seeking out people with different views, different perspectives, different ideas is often challenging, because it requires us to set aside judgment and open our…

— Susan Scott

I've talked to people who say that their music and their creative work is a much needed and appreciated escape, where they don't have…

— A-Trak

There was a long time in my life where I made music that I thought my friends would like, or that I thought would…

— Danny Brown

I have always believed that indie music is the space where the real music actually happens, which actually sets the trend.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I've never allowed my specific personal practice or belief to be overtly integrated to the music. Because that's crossing the line into, 'We want…

— Ed Kowalczyk

Music is another way of thinking, or maybe thinking is another kind of music.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Music causes us to think eloquently.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I always make music that's reflective of the mindset I'm in at the time, how I'm feeling.

— Ladyhawke