Quotes About Music

I honestly believe going independent is the future. Social is changing, Spotify is changing, everything is changing.

I think Spotify really does help. If you're going with the evolution of music these days, it's only becoming more and more popular and I don't think it's something to be shunned.

I have a song coming with blackbear. He's a huge artist, I would say in the dark-pop scene. He has also collaborated with a lot of hip-hop artists. He's huge on Spotify.

I worked with a great photographer called Rafael Pavarotti a while ago and he's got some amazing playlists on Spotify.

I was always kind of shy. They wanted me to stand in the middle of the stage to sing 'Take It to the Limit,' but I liked to be out of the spotlight.

I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.

I'm about making music and spending time with my family. I've been in the spotlight so long that I'm looking for something different.

There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.

To me, I always felt like drums have to be the support and the driving factor in a song, and there's places where the drummer has to show off and do things and get the spotlight, but not all the time. You've gotta pick and choose. And it's always gotta be about the song. That's really the bottom line.

A lot of people think the orchestra is playing and the conductor doesn't do very much, but the conductor's the person that gives shape to the music, gets the phrasing, and if he has really fine musicians in solo spots, the question is does he try to help them phrase, or does he let them go?

Although my music is electronic, it has a lot of influences from my past, which is all sorts of genres; I've been in a rock-metal band for a long time, and I still feel like, personally, I have a lot of influence from that. My classical influence, you can find spots here and there.

Where I came from in the country, there was no place to hear pop music like Little Richard and people like that. Later, I heard James Brown, Otis Redding, The Drifters, The Four Aces, The Ink Spots.

I do radio gigs, three-minute spots, solo shows, so I still get plenty of practice at the sniper attack - me at a piano or with a guitar, having to win people over fast.

To many, Courtney Love smells like rock hype. Reviewers may be excited about her, but the rock audience may be skeptical of the credentials of someone who is more famous for her interviews and her spouse than for her music.

Everything from the music to our clothes was truly authentic. Lisa and I were in my basement spray painting our overalls.

Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song.

We definitely want to go abroad, to meet fans and spread BABYMETAL even further.

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

My sole intent is to spread love through music - to let people know the power of music.

Apple has given me a platform to spread music. They're giving us Latinos a chance to shine.

With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.

I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out.

The Raves of Thrones parties started in Australia and has since spread all over the world. However, no one does it like the Aussies.

Horns really make a good band. They always create excitement when it's needed. They give the music a broader spread. It doesn't have to be all guitars and keyboards all the time.