Quotes About Music

Backstreet Boys fans don't want to hear the New Kids singing all of their hits. Just like our fans don't want to hear the Backstreet Boys singing all of our hits.

Tatum plays so much piano it sounds impossible. The more I hear him, the more I want to give up the piano and drive a milk truck.

I think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.

When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want.

I don't think my music really provokes that kind of energy that makes people want to grab AKs and rally through the streets. I don't think my music is gangsta in that sense.

There's a certain kind of time that's metronomic, that's correct, but doesn't want you want to dance. It doesn't make you want to move, and it doesn't make you want to play.

I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.

Sinatra created a kind of magic. You want those people to be part of your life.

Music makes me want to dance but I'm not sure that's something anybody wants to observe.

If people want new music then they are going to have to figure out a way to be patrons of the arts. And they will.

All I want you to do is rock. That'll be forever, man.

I love Barbra Streisand and Sade who've both had careers in soul and I want my music to have that timeless quality that isn't necessarily now.

Everyone has a fantasy of what they want their band to sound like. However, because I knew nothing about making music, I was unable to describe what I wanted properly.

Nobody wants to make great albums now because nobody wants to buy them and there's no place to sell them.

New songs are why artists go on the road. That's why I go on the road. It's a three-prong play. Writing: You're intrigued. Recording: It brings it to life. And then you want to share it.

The best music you make is relevant to the culture you are in, the timeframe you are in. I want to keep it as relevant as possible.

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwrit er. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.

I just wanted to sing, and I didn't want my music to be unique to the US. I wanted Africans to hear it and know that South African music was still alive.

I think if you don't be proactive about how you want your music to be visually represented, I think other people will do it for you.

People want more real artistes. They want girls who can actually sing and play an instrument and write their own songs - that's not fake and manufactured anymore".

With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD

I am always writing a potpourri of music. I want to give the world escapism through the wonder of great music and to reach the masses.

I love playing the piano. I really want to start taking lessons but need to find the time.

I think that if I have one hope, 1 ambition, 1 aspiration for the next 4 or 5 years it would be that I can improve as a writer and just be able to say more of what I want to say throught the music.