Quotes About Music

Every song I've ever written always starts with the words because I want the music to be the musical extension of the feelings of the words, and not the words being the emotional extension of the feeling of the music.

It's a great thing that the United States has given the rest of the world - no other country has given such great popular music to the Far East and Europe. When I play those great countries, a lot of times, the audience starts singing the songs with me. They know them. They love them.

Country has become too homogenized and too commercial. It has lost what makes it special. It's great that it's popular, but then it starts to become watered down.

Being in a band is very much like a startup. You start in a garage. You hope to get interest from investors, like a major record label.

One startup I dream of funding is the one that kills the record companies.

When I was playing bluegrass, I was living down in West Hollywood - starving.

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

In the end, I have a nice house and groovy cars, and so do my bandmates. It's not like they're starving.

I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.

I feel connected to my generation through the music, but I also fear for us. We're in a very self-destructive state where we're addicted to outside opinions and we all feel like we have fans.

I was in a state of gnawing, sensuous agitation that excited continually both blood and nerves when I sketched out the music for 'Tannhauser' and brought it to completion.

Film songs have so many creative limitations, but a private album is like an autobiography that reflects your state of mind.

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

There has not been enough clarity over the years in terms of who did what in Boney M but fortunately Frank Farian has since stated that all members of the group could have been replaced except for me. And I like to think that when it comes to the music Liz Mitchell is the sound of Boney M.

Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going to make a very bold statement: Hip-hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations.

To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future. I have no patience with that kind of attitude, whether it's on radio or among friends.

I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement.

'Climb Every Mountain' is a beautiful statement of philosophy. Critics may think 'The Sound of Music' is saccharine, but I think it's profound. The message, that we can't accommodate evil, is just as important today.

I made my statement... I had my foot in the '90s.

I'm trying to make a big statement - that I'm not just a hook singer.

It's a bit of a bold statement, but the Prodigy should be seen as an important cultural band.

Rock n' roll is not just a fashion statement; it is the attitude, and it has a political posturing as well.

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.

That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.