Quotes About Music

I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody.

I always have music. I love it to be very upbeat. When you're having drinks, I like something like Cesaria Evora. During dinner, I like the much more traditional - old Frank Sinatra and things like that.

I like to listen to Beyonce or any type of upbeat music when I am working out. Gospel music always motivates me.

Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?

I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s.

The songs, if I write alone in a room, end up being a little more quiet, a little more subdued. If I play with other musicians or percussive instruments, it might end up being a little more upbeat.

Always upbeat, always happy, always putting you in a good mood. That's what I want to achieve with my music.

I try to have all my songs relatable for my daughter in a fun and upbeat way that has a meaning.

I love all the Latin dances. I love all the upbeat, salsa, cha-cha, samba dances. I just love the music - and wearing the costumes.

Me and my family used to have a Christian covers band together... like rock Christian music, upbeat, all in Indonesian. The band was called Roasted Peanuts.

I'm not really much of a fan of Drake. I don't know why; I'm not really keen on it. His songs just make you think about your ex! I'm more about upbeat songs! His songs are more sad most of the time!

We like music that's strong and upbeat.

I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

There's this bubblegum pop thing which is prevalent now that we haven't had before. People's ears are slightly de-tuned; they've been exposed to this weird synthetic, implausibly upbeat, Mickey Mouse stuff which I think is just weird; it's not really a human sound.

I like upbeat songs, and I listen to a lot of Linkin Park and Green Day. I also like hip hop and R&B artists such as Drake and Rihanna.

I've been this voice of a lot of upbeat dance tracks, but people don't really know me.

I like music that is upbeat, such as Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Or anything disco - I will listen to that, too.

I never went out to make the music that people would like. I mean, I tried, because every teenager tries to do that. But in my heart, I'd always come from gigs where I played upbeat guitar covers and I'd start writing sad songs on the piano.

An upbeat song, for example, means one thing, but when you hear it with really vibey, mellow ambience around it, suddenly the same words may mean something else. Music is so powerful that way: It dictates and soundtracks our moods.

As much as a lot of my music is very R&B, there's a bounce to it that obviously makes it easier to perform live. It's upbeat and uptempo.

My daughters prefer Tears for Fears songs as they're more upbeat and generic. Dad's songs are 'a little too sad' for them, which just means that they're harder to understand.

It is really hard to write something high-energy and upbeat on acoustic guitar.

It's always important for me to say something with my music, even if the deeper message is hidden inside of what sounds like a fun, upbeat song.

I definitely don't see myself as much of a singer, because my upbringing is really based around the guitar, learning chord progressions and that sort of thing. So the singing aspect of what I do has been a secondary adventure.