Quotes About Music

I love Black Sabbath's music.

During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.

I'm not the sad sack that people might think I am. But I think that if I didn't write and perform, I probably would be.

I can't even begin to express the joy I get from writing songs, both on my own and with others, I hold it all sacred.

I'm not willing to sacrifice what I've learned and what I'm about just to get played on radio.

I play sad bastard music. For the money.

Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.

I write a lot of sad songs!

If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.

All the best songs have an element of sadness.

People always try to find my agenda, but I don't really have one. It's safe to say that I make pop, but I think that I'm doing important music, too. I've just always done what I wanted to do.

Music just makes sense to me. I don't ever worry when I'm singing. It's the safest place. I am a bit of worrier.

Yeah, we're definitely not opposed to working with famous vocalists, but we really want to make sure that it's all about the sound of the voice and how appropriate it is for the song, and not kind of 'getting together with people just for the sake of it' kind of thing.

I don't believe every download is a lost sale.

I love that with a lot of my favorite records, I couldn't tell you the sales on them, like Scarface or some of the UGK albums.

I liked 'Rumours,' but to me, there was some point where the focus became the sales, not the music.

There is no everlasting power in the music of today. Everyone is running after record sales.

I don't speak Punjabi. My dad runs a beauty salon and is an Elvis fan.

I like 'Salty Dog' by Procol Harum.

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

The first time I heard Sam Cooke was in the 'Malcom X' film. I was with my father, and that's the first time I heard his song. I remember my father telling me the story of Sam Cooke.

I'm an old soul. I like the Nat King Cole; Sam Cooke is my favorite singer of all time. But I'm into neo-soul; I'm into R&B. Some of the modern stuff appeals to me, but most of it comes from an older time.

I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.