Quotes About Music

People write music, and the music is out there for people to interpret it how they want to.

I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.

I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.

My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way.

I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played on.

I don't know if rock is dying. I wouldn't want to say that, but the world does change. Nothing stays the same.

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last.

I didn't have musical upbringing. I never listened to music growing up, thinking "I want to make my own music". I just listened to music for pleasure.

I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial.

I wanted to do an acting role in a movie that had nothing to do with the music business or in which I would play a singer or a songwriter. When I act, I don't even want to be thought of as Ne-Yo.

I feel there is always room for good music. I want to reach people's soul with my lyrics through whatever vessel God chooses.

I love jokes as much as anyone, but I don't want to hear my snail jokes every day. But I might want to hear a good song every day.

I finished your song, she said. Our last song. And I want to play it for you.

I don't like to write music by myself anymore. It's boring. I want the jamming, the push and pull, and the excitement that comes with it.

I used to love the Beatles and the Stones and I'd always want to hang out with them, even though they were about seven years older.

No, in 1968 I still wanted to be a Pop Star, and be about the music. Now, I want to be just about the music.

To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time

In college, I thought I wanted to be solely an artist, and then when I got here, to college, I was like, "Okay, well I want to be a songwriter," 'cause it was like close to Nashville.

I've been messing around in the studio the last couple of years. But I don't want to worry about being taken seriously as a singer. It just really feels good to do it.

When you're playing such brilliant music every day, then the last thing you ever want to do is try to write something of your own that's crude and not as good.

Obviously when you're making music, you want it to get out to as many people as possible. You want to reach as many people as you can.

American music is something the rest of the world wants to listen to. Our job is to make sure they pay for it.

When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff.

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me.