Quotes About Music

Growing up I really loved Mazzy Star, The Cranberries, Fiona Apple, Everything But The Girl. I listened to a lot of really random things too that I would find by myself. I would find Minnie Riperton albums that I would fall in love with, also, a lot of old country records.

I grew up in Nashville, born and raised. I'm a country girl, and I love country music. I had a dream I was going to be the first black female country music star, but then that wasn't the case.

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

A band is sort of like a star. It reaches a peak and burns out. To have five guys working in perfect harmony longer than a couple years is difficult.

I know I want to work for my whole life because I know I can't live without music or dancing. But I don't know if I want to be a big star.

I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

In Australia, I didn't think that there was much of a chance for me to become a singer - especially to become a K-pop star.

'Bright Star' has been designed and the songs have been formulated around the way that I sing. That is the biggest gift of anything.

When I'm playing 'Rock Band,' I'm like, 'Man, someday, later on in life when I'm a famous rock star...' Which gets a little harder to convince myself of as I reach middle age, but it still happens a lot.

If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.

A nice pop star would do you nice on one of those deserted islands.

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

Now, the DJ becomes a star in itself because of the way he programs the songs with lows and then highs and then slowing it down. The big DJs, like Tiesto and Deadmau5 and all those guys, they are very, very creative.

I sang at least one hit for almost every star - Dharmendra, Jeetendra and Vinod Khanna included, and several hits for all the Khans, Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor and many more.

We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the band became big, Hendrix became a star and looked down at us lot.

I wasn't lucky enough to find a Chris Stein like Debbie Harry did. I was with Todd Rundgren... He was the star, I was the decoration.

I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I never thought of doing anything else.

I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.

We could perform in space or be the first band to play moon, but we want to be the first 'Star Wars' band.

The music that they play at White Hart Lane before you walk out is just... I absolutely love it. I think it's from Star Wars.

Starbucks has changed the rules of engagement for the music industry.

I remember hanging out at Starbucks. There were these older guys who would sit around and play Crosby, Stills & Nash songs. I was just so in love with music. I would just go hang out with them, and I would try to sing and harmonize with them. I didn't even know the songs.

My music comes before my stardom, so the pressure of handling fame does not matter.