Quotes About Music

Since their playing lacked nuance, they deprived themselves of speech—for nuance, after all, is where meaningful speech resides. Without it, the language of music is ineluctably returned to its postnatal beginnings, where the only sounds to be heard are the inarticulate cries of an infant.

Until the hands are truly "interlocked," such fingers will seem perverse. The difficulty is mental, not physical. Once the pianist has grasped the notion that he does not have two separate hands, but a single unit of ten digits, he has made an advance towards Liszt.

It was the same with Chopin's old compatriot Józef Nowakowski, a former composition student of Elsner's at the Warsaw High School for Music, who had planned to travel down to Nohant and be reunited with Chopin.

Until then he had made do with an inferior local piano, which, in Sand's words, brought him more vexation than consolation, and had been abandoned in Palma. He quickly put the finishing touches to his Preludes, and by January 22 had sent the manuscript to Fontana with instructions to make a fair copy for Pleyel, who had agreed to pay Chopin the large sum of 2,000 francs for the entire set. That agreement soon started to unravel, as we shall presently discover.

He also became better acquainted with Czerny, who invited him to his house to play some music for two pianofortes. "He is a good fellow, but nothing more," Chopin remarked of the renowned pedagogue. And he added the revealing comment, "There is more feeling in Czerny himself than in all his compositions.

My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the passion.' The passion can write a lot of things.

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.

Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.

Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'

It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted to pull out was because I believe very much that the music industry as a whole is mainly concerned with material success.

I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing.

I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer.

I distrust speech therapy. Words are the language of lies and evasions. Music cannot lie. Music talks to the heart.

But I was too hungry to think very deeply. I looked around the plaza, weighing up my chances, and rubbed the bow with rosin to give it grip. You need friction to play beautiful notes.

I don't think there is anyone I've ever met who has been more passionate about music than me, but rock 'n' roll has never been about just music. It is music, attitude, personality, persona, myth, legend.

I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.

I always say that my music is my diary. It's very personal to me.

The B-52s, you know, our songs are about volcanoes or lobsters. Cindy and I sing them like our lives depend on them. I feel very emotional when I'm singing 'Rock Lobster,' but I've wanted to sing more about my personal experience.

As someone whose music is connected to his personal growth, I feel an obligation to follow this muse wherever it leads.

Sad music, I always thought, is more beautiful than other music. But at the same time, I am in my personal life a very happy guy. I have a sense of humor. I am not the kind of depressed guy all the time brooding. No. I am very enthusiastic about things.

Think about being onstage playing these songs. I'm opening my personal life up to all these people. But I just can't get attached. I've got to separate myself from the music and lyrics.