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Quotes About Music

Obviously in Art of Noise, I'm just part of the group, and when I do film scores, it's always in collaboration with the director and other people involved.
~ Anne Dudley
We all enjoyed the success of Rumours obviously.
~ Christine McVie
Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music.
~ Elvis Costello
Vijaya Dashami is considered to be an auspicious occasion for children to commence their education in classical dance and music, and pay homage to their teachers.
~ Amrapali Gupta
That really was a lot of the appeal of 'Rumours.' The music was wonderful, but the music was also authentic because it was two couples breaking up and writing dialogue to each other. It was also appealing because we were rising to the occasion to follow our destiny.
~ Lindsey Buckingham
The BRIT awards is a really great occasion, especially for us Brits, because it shows the talent and support coming from our country.
~ Anne-Marie
It is interesting that our biggest fans are the greatest names of the classical music scene, such as Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen, Mischa Maisky and Gidon Kremer. They even make guest appearances in our concerts occasionally.
~ Aleksey Igudesman
I have this guitar on which I occasionally kill time making up rock n' roll lyrics.
~ Thomas Pynchon
Oh, I was working occasionally in and out of New York.
~ Otis Rush
As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.
~ George Crumb
Like many musicians, I don't look back much... only concentrate on what music I'm doing, and occasionally look ahead.
~ Tony Levin
Occasionally when I'm procrastinating writing, I'll while away the hours on iTunes. You can just keep going forever and find these bands you'd never normally hear of.
~ Marisha Pessl
With every record I put out, I got a bit more success, a bigger following in cities I would play in, and occasionally a bit of radio play.
~ Sarah McLachlan
Usually, if I want to just listen to something or sing along to something, I'll put on some Gavin DeGraw or some Billy Joel. Occasionally, if I am feeling vocally in really great shape, I will sing Jean Valjean's soliloquy from 'Les Miz' or something.
~ Josh Young
I do think about and do occasionally take my wife and son out with me on tour. It's difficult.
~ David Draiman
Usually, when I am not working, I mostly hang out with my friends, ride my bike, listen to music, and, occasionally, watch movies.
~ Thiagarajan Kumararaja
Since we did 'Angel of Death,' I've had three occasions where someone will go 'Psst, hey. I'm part of this Aryan World Nation group and we're thinking of having you speak.' I'm like, 'Why?' And they'll go, 'You know.' I'll be like, 'No, why?' And they'll go, 'Aren't you... ?' I'm like, 'What? No. Go away. You don't get me at all.'
~ Jeff Hanneman
I have never played anything live - except for a few special occasions - from 'Fish Out of Water.'
~ Chris Squire
Music has healed me on so many different occasions, and I want my music to be able to do that for someone else.
~ LeToya Luckett
It's been a blessing that I can provide for my family just by doing music. I never thought this would ever be my occupation.
~ Zaytoven
Jazz is orgasm, it is the music of orgasm, good orgasm and bad, and so it spoke across a nation, it had the communication of art even where it was watered, perverted, corrupted, and almost killed, it spoke in no matter what laundered popular way of instantaneous existential states to which some whites could respond, it was indeed a communication by art because it said, "I feel this, and now you do too.
~ Norman Mailer
Give me a cuckoo clock and a Sep Winner's Self-Instructor for the Banjo, and I'll join you.
~ O. Henry
Miss Phœbe released the low key of the organ. But her work had been well done. The note that she struck had beaten down the doors of a closed memory; and Father Abram held his lost Aglaia close in his arms.
~ O. Henry
My job is to entertain people by playing my music well. You shouldn't really be upset because people like you, should you?
~ Oliver