Quotes About Music

Lots of narcissistic people have helped lots of other people with their music. That's such a narcissistic thing to say! Ha ha!

In the 1960s, songs were an integral part of film narration. I have been fortunate to have had some of the best songs of the era picturised on me, some of which gave me an opportunity to use my skills as a dancer too.

I hear music as narrative.

If I have a collection of songs for an EP or mixtape, I create the narrative afterwards; but usually with an album, I have a concept and the name first.

I love when I dive into lyrics that give me human complexity and intricate narrative.

I started out writing music for theatre and contemporary dance, so there has always been a dramatic and narrative element in my music.

It's almost like a theater, where I can play a character in every song, 'cause Kamelot songs are very... There's always a narrative going on. There's a story within albums and in songs, so I get to play a character and sing it in a different way than people might recognize coming from me.

It's really important for me to have a record which has a strong narrative feel to it.

There is something about musical narrative and Australians. If you want to do something, you kind of have to do it at a level - because we're so far away from everywhere else - that exceeds what is just normal if you want to convince people that some guy from Australia is worth backing for an original musical.

Writing for a film means the music has to serve the film, the narrative.

In order to understand the history of the banjo, and the history of bluegrass music, we need to move beyond the narrative we've inherited, beyond generalizations that bluegrass is mostly derived from a Scotch-Irish tradition with influences from Africa. It is actually a complex Creole music that comes from multiple cultures.

It's good for people not to have a narrow mind. Good music is good music.

You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life.

I love the U.K. folk scene. In the States, nobody knows what to do with me. There's still a very narrow definition of Americana.

I never understood bands who were only influenced by a narrow era of, say, five years of music.

I'm track 3 with fabulous French dialogue on the 'Star Is Born' album. I'm track 3 'NASA' on Ariana Grande's album. From 'All Stars 3,' went to 'Drag Race' three times, never won. Three is my lucky number.

I'm different than the normal NASCAR driver, I listen to hip-hop music.

Nashville is a pretty small place.

I moved to Nashville at 17 to make music, and since then I've put everything I have into doing it right.

It wasn't until I became involved with 'Nashville' that I thought I had opportunities to record my music in a way that I would want to put it out into the world.

I loved Nashville. I was amazed by the whole place.

One of the great reasons to be in Nashville is, you get guys like Shane McAnally to write songs with.

Most of the time in Nashville, you're so replaceable. Anybody can get another nice-looking guy to sing a country song.

I'm from Clearwater, Florida, and I love Nashville so much I don't even really miss the beach.