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Quotes About Quality

So nobody got time for people who aren't worth your time.
~ Fiona Chazhoor
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
~ Duke Ellington
You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.
~ Duke Ellington
In all the music that deals with experimental repetition, drum and bass, dub, various kinds of house music, there's always been a quality of atmosphere and ambience.
~ Bill Laswell
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.
~ Sarah Vaughan
Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment.
~ Alan Parsons
Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.
~ Jim Henson
Believe me when I say that some of the most amazing music in history was made on equipment that's not as good as what you own right now.
~ Jol Dantzig
I don't judge too much as long as it's good. As long as it's good music and good artistry, I'm with it.
~ Big Sean
I'm a fanatic about Irish music. I love its moody, modal and timeless quality. I'm different from some other composers, because I don't look at this as just a job. I think of music as art.
~ James Horner
I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference.
~ Kristin Hersh
Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine.
~ John Fogerty
I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.
~ Norah Jones
There's more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that's because the audience doesn't really know what's happening.
~ Pat Metheny
I think the music of the Fifties is really good. I suspect it's much better musically than much of what's available now. Not in terms of production, but in terms of content.
~ Frank Zappa
Bad music can make you weak.
~ Ry Cooder
Every guitarist has a special quality of sound. The best ones will use a good ear, much sensitivity and a thorough knowledge of music to prepare the nuances and colors of sound.
~ Andres Segovia
There's only two ways to sum up music; either it's good or it's bad. If it's good you don't mess about it, you just enjoy it.
~ Louis Armstrong
There are only two types of music.good and bad.
~ Buddy Rich
The peculiar characteristic of classical music is that it is really better than it sounds.
~ Edgar Wilson Nye
It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.
~ Ray Charles
As so much music is listened to via MP3 download, many will never experience the joy of analog playback, and for them, I feel sorry. They are missing out.
~ Henry Rollins
90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it up, and drive on.
~ Patton Oswalt
Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.
~ Billy Joel