Quotes About Music

I got my first break in 'Bhootnath,' solely on my credit, and went on to sing for around 20 films for all the leading music composers.

I learned guitar solely for the purpose of meeting women. I'd heard it's a great lady-catcher.

Everybody besides my piano player has been with me since the very first day. We were a four-piece band for a solid two years. It was me playing acoustic and rhythm electric guitar, a bass player, a drummer and a lead guitar player. For a couple of years, we sounded like the Foo Fighters.

I feel bonded to 'Take Me.' I'm proud of it. It's empowering, and at the end of the day, it's a pretty solid pop hit.

Growing up, I didn't come from a musical family. Neither of my parents played an instrument, sang out loud, or listened to the radio with frequency. The record collection in the living room was only about 2 feet long - and that included 4 solid inches of Neil Diamond and Herb Alpert.

I got a solid fan base and they love me and I love them. They know I'ma give them what they want to hear.

One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story, a punchline and a pun. I think it has that in common with hip hop, where they're not afraid of wordplay and I really appreciate that.

'Call Me' is not an exceptional Al Green album, but it is as solid as a rock at its center.

I used to love, and I still do, Lee Ann Womack. And Alison Krauss. I mean, how many Grammys does she have? She's just remained solid and true and great, and I respect that.

I do have very solid reggae roots based on the fact that I'm Jamaican, and so that is a part of myself; even if I never do all reggae, it has to come out in some way because that's who I am.

I think that as a band, we find joy, and we love what we are doing. We are very good friends, so we get on very well, and we have a lot of respect for each other. We have a lot of respect for what Westlife is. We have a very, very solid and strong fan base all over the world.

I actually have two songs I did with Nicki Minaj. We didn't even plan on doing it that way, but it was an organic connection and just a really solid connection she and I had musically.

I'm not a big punk fan, but I love a good, solid screamer.

I loved 'Solid Gold!'

I spent a good solid two years giving my all to Adrenaline Mob.

When I was in So Solid Crew, people were always asking if we were associated with the rise in gun crime.

I always respected country music for its narrative and how it's so solid, you can get the picture in your mind.

There was a danger when I was in So Solid and we made '21 Seconds.' But we're just showing a slice of life.

Playing in my early bands, working as a studio musician, producing and going to art school was, in retrospect, my apprenticeship. I was learning and creating a solid foundation of ideas, but I wasn't really playing music.

I believe that experimenting is what production is. But it doesn't mean much if you don't have a solid foundation in what you're experimenting with. You can't really deviate from music unless you know music; it's not gonna work.

With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.

Few occupations pass the solitary hours more fruitfully than the playing of a musical instrument.

I read like a crazy person, I play the piano, and I'm a photographer. I always say my photography keeps me sane. I spend a lot of time in the darkroom. It's a very solitary, quiet life when I'm not working.

Headlining can be sort of solitary - you're sort of on your own out there, and you start to feel for a change.