Quotes About Music

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.

And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.

The original 'Tum Bin' was one of my favourite films whether you talk about the film or the music.

There are seven notes - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni no one is original in the world. We have to play around the notes and make our own stuff.

Kishore Kumar was multi-talented and original, so I really respect him.

I've always been a good imitator. I love music. But I'm just not that original.

But the Go-Go's are a very original, kind of organic thing.

What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it?

I mean, there are only so many notes. What makes something original is how you put it together.

Mars is really different, into art. Lydia Lunch is more energy. James Chance is more commercial in a different way, in funk and jazz. They were all doing original things, trying to create their own sound and music. I think they're all great.

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I think I have a take on it. I don't know if it's great, but it's an interesting take. It's original.

I did sing in another film called 'Empire Records' which is a cult film. 'Grease 2' is also a cult film. You either love it or just think the original was better.

I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking foolish and for it to be transformational and magical and all those things a musical is supposed to be.

I'm not a household word. The climate for original music is always a bit difficult.

Original music is always appreciated.

Labels and people didn't know if i could write original music or anything.

I wanted to play my original music, but it was really hard because a lot of the people who would come out to the shows found out about me through 'The Voice' and wanted to hear covers.

You can't write much quality, original music on a concertina.

Originality is definitely missing from EDM. There are people looking for it and exploring but I feel it's so big now it is just getting milked. House music is losing all its melody as it becomes more about how dirty the drop is and how energetic it is. It loses touch with what music really is.

The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality.

Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'

Hip-hop was fast, originally. It was always fast music.

Over the years, I've had to learn to play. For example, when 'Lennon' was on Broadway, I learned my way around the guitar chords because originally we were all going to play the instruments without a band.