Quotes About Music

The second single from 'Purpose,' Justin Bieber's fourth studio album, 'Sorry' is an infectious confection - a Dorito for your ears.

I used to blame myself for a lot of things, and I apologise loads. I don't do it any more, but when I was in the studio - and it was my song - I'd say 'sorry' every time I got a note wrong.

Doing things like playing music, something that's so natural and basic to human function, running around in nature, eating delicious food. These things are intrinsic in basic, primordial to human beings, so that's sort of a way to return to a blank canvas, allowing my true personality to return.

I sort of found King Diamond in second grade, but I didn't become a devoted Satanist until a few years later, but that was very much part of my adolescence as well.

I remember Ella Fitzgerald sort of coming into my life like a bolt of lightning - like, what is that? It was one of the purest examples of God in art that I'd ever seen.

I am the sort of person who, if there is karaoke somewhere in the area, I am that person who is like, 'Let's go to the karaoke club,' it's not necessarily something I plan to do.

Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.

My dad has been playing guitar basically all his life. He's sort of who got me into rock music.

The instruments that bleed into each other are what creates the ambience. Once you start cleaning everything up, you lose it. You lose that sort of halo that bleeding creates. Then if you eliminate the halo, you have to go back and put in some artificial reverb, which is never as good.

I say I design music. I can imagine it and sort of picture it. I think about all of the things I do in the world and say that I'm designing it because it takes the same skill set.

Playing at the Opry, for me, it has such a history. It feels sort of like a coming-out party as a country artist. To know your heroes have played here is kind of crazy.

I always knew I wanted to create original material, and after having meetings with all sorts of record labels, I decided that Sony was the right place to do it. They knew what I wanted to make and gave me the freedom to express myself.

I think that's one of the biggest problems in rock is people thinking too much, putting too much emphasis on getting things perfect or completely sorted out. Sometimes that sound of not having everything sorted out is kind of cool.

I've always looked on myself as one of a band and never sought a solo career.

Whenever I've collaborated with anyone in the past it's just happened really, I've never actively sought it out.

With 'Ekla Akash,' I have sought to re-capture a different feel and mood, I will also explore other realistic films through music.

No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren.

Music is a language in itself and the songs have their own soul, every song has its soul.

As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.

I sang the National Anthem with soul.

I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul.

Music is the embodiment of my soul. When I play, I'm not performing a song: I'm becoming it.

I want everybody to know my name because I feel like I give so much of my heart and my soul in my music.

A great melodic line is like a person's soul, and coming up with an original melody, it can be like you are illustrating the soul.