Quotes About Music

Words have been the most difficult thing for me. Melodies have been the easiest for me; I have more than enough melodies to go around.

The most difficult thing for me as an artist, as a creator of music, is lyrics. But everything else, I just do it.

Here's what I think about music and journalism: The most important thing is to just press play.

Lyrically, the most important thing for me is, how can I tell a cohesive story?

I'm hoping that people will love the music, but at the same time, the most important thing to me is that I love the music.

I've had the chance to watch Metallica's James Hetfield from the side of the stage night after night, listening to his monitors, and his playing is so perfect. Slash is an amazing lead guitarist, but when you listen to his rhythm playing, you can hear how he pulls everything together with such a great feel, which is the most important thing.

And when it comes to the music, the fans are the most important thing because they get you and put you where you are. And so often - too often - that whole idea gets cast aside.

I think first thing and the most important thing, for me, is that Boston becomes my musical home, my musical family.

The most important thing for me is to have as much control over what's going on in front of me as I possibly can, so because of that, I don't play to a click track, and I don't have anything on the grid. Everything is triggered by me. Everything is played by me. Everything is within my control.

To me, the essence of the music is the most important thing.

Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from the music to the art to the dance to the language.

That's one of the most powerful things in dance music - the DJs are so connected and help each other.

I like to believe that the voice is the most powerful, expressive instrument. And you can use it to fit most any style.

If people stop being interested, it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song.

Music is the most powerful sound there is, often inappropriately deployed. It's powerful for two reasons: you recognize it fast, and you associate it very powerfully.

I listen mostly to classical music.

I make up new lyrics to well-known lullabies. Mostly because I don't actually know a lot of the lyrics.

I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up.

The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA.

Music was a part of my life even before acting happened. But I mostly play my guitar only for myself and sometimes when jamming with my friends.

That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other.

Mostly, I just like to write music and spend time with my family and friends and jam.

But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.

I love to sing. Mostly about love and sex.