Being Quote by Robert Christgau

I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.

— Horace Silver

“Without self-discipline, your streams of grace become a flood of disgrace. Never let indiscipline weigh you down for critics to pick mockeries on.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

It's an artist's choice to listen to criticism or not. I'm very sensitive to criticism.

— Armin van Buuren

I don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative.

— Paul Lansky

Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.

— Yanni

As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist.

— Jill Sobule

Criticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is…

— Jascha Heifetz

“Fresh proof of the risks you run in writing about players, and of the advisability of not standing to leeward of their self-esteem when…

— Hector Berlioz

Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.

— Frederic Chopin

I do feel as if my own music as quite flawed, and it's that frailty or lack of technical proficiency that goes hand-in-hand with…

— Justin Broadrick

I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable…

— A. R. Rahman

There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.

— Anne Stevenson