Quotes About Music

A formidable game of 'Name That Influence' could be based on the music of the seductive rock duo Girls: The band's first single, 'Hellhole Ratrace,' would barely reach its opening words before screams of 'Elvis Costello!' and 'Wreckless Eric!' drown out the music.

I didn't own a guitar when I was in the Germs. I would just borrow one from the opening band.

My most memorable moment was performing at our first concert, Twiceland: The Opening.

If I'm opening up for George Jones or playing a complete honky-tonk, I do true country music. But if it's a complete rock club, I'll do some country and a little bit of this hillbilly acoustic country metal or whatever it's called.

If it's an evening with Toto, that usually means there's no opening act.

I mean, take 'Chariots Of Fire.' That opening scene, the long shot of the runners along the beach, and then you hear that music... I think that was one of the first times synthesizers were really used in movie music. I just flipped! I didn't even care what the story was going to be. Give me a nice marriage of sound and music.

I openly share music with Drake, especially when it's time for him to have a project.

I like a nice rumble on bass, openness on guitar and drums that breathe.

I was lucky enough to grow up in a house where we listened to all kinds of music. We listened to Haitian, hip hop, soul, classical jazz, gospel and Cuban music, to name a few. When you have access to that as a child, it just opens up your world.

Art is something that opens up and enhances your emotions and that's what I like to think I'm doing.

The thing is I write to music, so every script I have has its own playlist. Music just opens me up to the emotions that I'm writing. It's just a pretty cool thing.

It's amazing how a lot of the metal guys have never strummed! And it's not that challenging, but it really opens up a lot of doors in ways they might not have imagined.

Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child.

The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.

I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.

In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.

I became a set designer for opera.

The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music.

I would have loved to sing opera, but I have no voice. I used to sing along with records.

I never dreamed of writing for concert or opera. I always dreamed, if I was a composer, to write music for films.

I don't know if I would write an opera, maybe because of the words. But yes, I would be really excited to do it. I would certainly write a ballet or... I've done a lot of stage before.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.