Quotes About Music

I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!

When I sit down to write a song, I really want the message of healing to thrive and transcend all ages.

When it's a pop song, I don't really want to do pop songs, but they exist and sort of come out by accident.

London is a dead duck, as far as innovative new music is concerned, unless you want to have your head blown off with some outrageous, rubbish, pounding dance music.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen to the music.

The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that

When you are in the American Idol bubble, a lot of contestants want to go as far as they can and wish to be on point with ready-to-go songs.

I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl.

I love getting dressed up, but I want to be remembered for my singing.

So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time.

Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not the goal, then I don't want to do it.

Touring is exciting, fun and the reason why you want to be in a band.

Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.

The most frustrating thing for musicians who want to play stuff from the new album is when everyone goes out to buy a beer.

Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.

Nobody wants to hear me rap.

The saddest thing is that when I sat down to rehearse for the Pixies, I couldn't believe that I had given up something that I loved. Now I hold the drum at night and I want to go to bed with it.

Yeah, my dad bought me a guitar when I was like 10, and I didn't really want it then.

If you're reading a comic strip, you can read it at any speed you want. But with film and music, the audience has to take it the way the composer gives it.

The main focus for me is not trying to find duet partners. It's about just making great songs. I want most of my album to be in my voice, because it's my point of view.

My mother, I want her to like my music, but she's not exactly my target audience. So I care more about the fans in general, just making sure they enjoy what I do.

Wouldn't it be interesting to take Elvis back to his Sun Records period? I don't know. But I'm content to listen to his Sun Records. I don't want to dig him up out of the grave.

I've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me.

Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music.