Kind Quote by Ron Mael

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

— Mstislav Rostropovich

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art…

— George Crumb

We never made music to fit into anything or to reach a certain audience.

— Bill Ward

Music does not exist in isolation, it is rooted in the political, the social, the cultural. We need to remember this at all times,…

— Lawrence English

I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people.

— Dave Grohl

Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.

— Eric Clapton

Music has got to be useful for survival, or we would have gotten rid of it years ago.

— Daniel Levitin

The history of music is nothing more than the history of art-music or classical music, the music that was commissioned by aristocrats.

— Frank Fairfield

To the large extent that music can organize our perceptions of our own bodies and emotions, it can tell us things about history that…

— Susan McClary

The music was always the thing that has been in our world.

— Taylor Momsen

I think people have forgotten how powerful music has been in history - and what it has been able to do.

— Naughty Boy

You know, that's kind of always been our philosophy: not letting the place that we are get in the way of making great music.

— Finneas