Abstract Quote by Sufjan Stevens

Good music tells a story that people relate to.

— Jen Lilley

Music's always part of my writing. I think all art is interconnected. You can't create or experience one without its influences bleeding into another.…

— Charles de Lint

It's just I do things differently and I want people to appreciate music for what it is, and not because of a story.

— Mandy Harvey

Music is, by far, the best art. Nothing even comes close. It's so immediate and emotional. In writing, maybe ninety percent of it is…

— T.C. Boyle

Being able to take musical ideas through every iteration is attractive to me. Granted, not everyone's going to want to listen to that, but…

— Beck

Music is such an integral part of a film and really drives the emotional narrative, it has to be integrated from the beginning.

— Drake Doremus

When musical theatre is working and people are really connecting with the characters, and then the music adds that strong emotional element, it's really…

— Stephen Schwartz

I love thinking of music of this way to access some kind of illogical realm filled with all kinds of aberrations and weird stuff.…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

We've always liked music in movies, you know, just 'cause it helps tell the story. It can be emotional. It can be funny. It…

— John Musker

I find inspiration in many places. Sometimes music gives me the kernel of a story. Sometimes it's dissatisfaction with the plot of a movie…

— Christopher Paolini

Even films without music are inspiring, as I think a good story is full of changes, different paces, and ideas.

— Volker Bertelmann

I think that the sheer fact that music can raise certain questions or put topics on the agenda has in itself already an effect.…

— G.W. Sok