Cannot Quote by Too Short

My comedy comes from the actual music itself - they're observational musical gags. I could take the music away and it would just be…

— Bill Bailey

It's most difficult to score a comedy. Where are the limits? When does music become gimmicky or stupidly funny?

— Alexandre Desplat

I've never really been a big fan of comedy songs, frankly. I think I enjoy the emotional payoff that the best music achieves to…

— Keith Murray

Comedy isn't subjective like music. You either get the laughs or you don't.

— Rob Beckett

Music and comedy are so linked. The rhythm of comedy is connected to the rhythm of music. They’re both about creating tension and knowing…

— Conan O'Brien

I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all of it.

— Kate Bush

Comedy is the only form of entertainment where the audience doesn't know what to expect. In an evening, you might get ten comics doing…

— Jon Stewart

It is easy to misunderstand what a comedy song is, or what its potential is. I'm used to musical comedy being maligned as an…

— Rachel Parris

I would say, generally speaking, though it is not always the case, comedy is probably the least gratifying for most composers because it is…

— James Newton Howard

I think that there's always room for humour in music. It's something that always takes itself so seriously, which I think is a bit…

— Kate Bush

Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not funny.

— Julianne Moore

I feel like a lot of serious music lives in generalizations - 'Love is a flower,' 'The sky is so dark' - but comedy…

— Rachel Bloom