Quotes About Music

Brian Jones was a big friend of mine.

As a teenager, I was part of rap groups, but ultimately the sound of R&B acts like Donnell Jones, Brian McKnight, and Eric Benet won my heart.

I don't care if it's Dr. Dre or Dr. Luke or Brian Eno. When you're in a studio and making music together, it becomes pretty apparent if you see eye to eye.

When I first wanted to play guitar it was because I had seen Brian Setzer. He's so good! I mean I was just blown away.

I am not saying I never hope of ever playing with AC/DC again but, then again, is it even AC/DC any more? No Bon's beautiful voice. No Malcolm. No Brian.

Music has this ability to bridge time. You can hear a song from the 1920s and still be like, 'Oh, that's it. That's the feeling I have right now.'

I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges.

Songs are here to help us: they build bridges from heart to heart.

In albums like 'What is Love' and 'TT,' we were bright and full of energy.

I love Bright Eyes - I absolutely love him.

I dropped out of college and started gigging around Brighton.

I like A$AP Rocky, because I think he's really brilliant.

Learning a play is one thing, but to learn to play Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' without music: that's brilliant.

'Astral Weeks' is a brilliant album, and songs like 'Moondance' are just beautiful lyrically.

Prince might be bringing that low sound back, because he has that double bass.

I got 'Power' on my own through my agent and my team. I didn't know 50 until I got on the show. Because my character is so close to his, we spent a lot of time as friends. But even in that, I didn't really bring up music to him because I saw how everybody else was bringing up music to him.

I don't know many artists who've managed to go a career without bringing these things up. Saying the word 'God,' 'Jesus' - it happens in a million rock songs.

I think live stuff is certainly stuff I enjoy doing. I do like performing for people and bringing it to people.

All the serious bands, all the punks, came from Bristol.

The best of pop in our country is among the best of the arts that we do. And Britain does the arts as well as, and sometimes better than, anybody else on the planet.

The lion's share of what I listened to in the Eighties, what really affected me, was coming from Britain.

I always love a song about London or about places. I think Britain could do with more of them; America is so good at that.

I grew up with British rock.

I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.