Quotes About Music

My fans have been very loyal to me, so I want 'em into the mix every song. I don't want 'em having breaks on stuff I'm trying to push on them.

In spite of what Draco is like, I really like school, and I miss it a lot when I'm filming. I've a fair idea what I want to do for my GCSEs, I will definitely be doing music.

People make songs so that somebody else will hear them and want to do them. I guess it's an indication that the songs aren't so ultra-personal that they can't possibly be interpreted by anyone else.

I used to want to be a singer and a musician for years, from 6 years old to today. I'm not really good, but in time I could be. I'm more of a singer than anything.

There are problems with the single already. I don't want to put out the first single, Hit the Freeway.

I think people should consume their music any way they want. If it's more practical for them to listen to it on an iPod or something, that's fine by me.

There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it.

[Personal life] doesn't affect my creative process. It just gives me more subjects to talk about. Basically whatever you put in your music is how you want people to view you.

I base my track-listing and what songs I pick by what my fans expect from me and what they want and what I think they want.

I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.

It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.

At the end of the day, all people want to do is hear a great singer sing a great song. They don't care about what vocal changes it went through. You can't screw up a great song and a great singer.

Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.

When I was a kid I used to want to be a Beethoven or something. That was my dream.

I've felt love from certain songs that I've wanted to experience from other people - where I know that love may never happen - and I want to give that to someone else.

I feel there is love and confidence in me somewhere and I want to find it. So far, music is the only medium that's allowed me to flirt with a sense of self-worth, with joy and comfort.

People tend to believe that I want to make soul music, which is not entirely untrue but, really, I want to be like the black Tom Waits - I don't want to make one kind of sound.

At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.

I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!

I want to take piano lessons, I want to study at university, I want to travel, I want to do other parts, make another movie.

I have no desire to make money off musicians. I just want to promote them because I want to share music.

Music is an opportunity to say every single thing that you want to say. People will pore over whatever you say and however you say it and, for me, it represents complete freedom of speech.

My greatest accomplishment is the freedom for doing what I want to do with my music...I love my freedom so I'm happy I am a free artist.

You could split hairs and bring up words like 'doo-wop' and terms like 'soul' or 'R&B', but I think pop music is what you want it to be - that's why it's pop.