Quotes About Music

I really got into Gaelic music and the whole sound of it, and I got to go to Scotland.

When it comes to '90s R&B, I grew up on a lot of Aaliyah and Destiny's Child, Missy Elliott, Usher, Jill Scott. Whatever my mom was playing in the house is what I was listening to.

We played 'Girl in a Country Song' in front of Scott Borchetta, and he loved it.

If the beat feels like it don't make you move right, I scrap that and go to another track. Sometimes it takes 10 minutes, sometimes it takes an hour to get one done.

When Armaan sang his first song for Vishal Dadlani, he didn't know that they were making Daboo Malik's son sing. He went inside the studio when he was 10-11, sang a scratch and it went on to be part of 'Bhoothnath.' He didn't get the opportunity because he was so and so's kid.

I didn't just sit down and write 'Summer In Kingston' from scratch; it came about from a bunch of songs I already had.

I keep up to scratch on the sax.

I wanted girls to scream at me. I wanted to be a rock star.

It's really cool to see people show up at the shows night after night, and they're screaming the words of the song.

I can't say it wasn't fun in the 70s having screaming people in the audience.

I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head.

Actually when I gave out the script, I gave it with a CD of all the music I wanted to put in the movie, and again, we never thought we'd get all that music.

'Liberace's a great film. It's a great piece of material. I have a great script and it's a great score.

I did a musical episode of 'Scrubs.'

There's a sea of music out there, but there's no curation for it.

I was really enjoying playing 'The Sea,' but it is quite an intense and emotional record.

I'm always in search of something, in search of losing myself to the music.

Everyone liked me when I went up on the stage at a talent search in elementary school, and that's when I decided to become a music artist.

I'm always searching. It's the reason I'm here. It's not really about music: it's about searching for meaning.

That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest as possible.

I feel like, a lot of times, when you have a specific sound that you want and are searching for, you want the right group to help you put the kind of music out that you want.

I was inspired by Solange's album, 'A Seat At The Table,' from the moment that I heard it. She has clearly taken the time to create a unique body of work and emote through her music from a true place.

It all started when I was 11 months old, singing a song by Jodeci in the back seat of the car. My mother turned around and said, 'Who is that?' When she saw it was me, she said, 'I think we have a singer on our hands.'

There was no support system in Seattle for musicians.