African music Quote by St. Lucia

I went through all these different phases. But it always felt like I was impersonating something, so I went back to some of the…

— St. Lucia

I ended up becoming so self-conscious that my songs stopped being about my life and started being about what people thought of my music.…

— Liz Phair

Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was whether it…

— Rakim

When I made my way across childhood to the tinny AM radio, it was dark. Lights out. I listened intently. More intently than I…

— Jane Siberry

I stopped listening to a lot of music because I wanted to become more comfortable with what I naturally sound like.

— Saweetie

Basically, my life was music, and I was always consumed by it.

— Billy Squier

Since I was a child, my whole life has revolved around music. It's often while listening to a song that ideas for my fashion…

— Hedi Slimane

I reckon that growing up, listening to so much different music, I think over time I just kind of sucked it all in and…

— Courtney Barnett

I'm a huge fan of a lot of different genres of music, and I really felt like somehow I had been pigeonholed a little…

— Kathleen Edwards

Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life.

— John Varvatos

Music has always been a huge part of my life and when I was a kid I was always throwing myself into whatever I…

— Nicky Romero

I became slightly disillusioned, but in a really good way that enabled me to realize that the music was the most important thing, and…

— Patrick Wolf