Quotes About Music

It's the way I enjoy making art - I like sitting down and making five beats; I enjoy that process. I can go two weeks without making a song and just making beats and I'll be OK.

I'm especially interested in the music of John Cage... I would like to do some experimenting with the relationship between his freeform sound and free-form art.

Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you.

I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.

Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion.

Music of all arts should be expansive and inclusive.

I wanted to make a traditional record that had a lot of art and showed my vulnerable side and showed things I'm passionate about.

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

I feel like I've gotten to the point where when I get tired of making art I can make a smooth transition into making music and vice versa. There is always something to do.

The so-called alleged 'art' of the video - well, the video has killed the radio star, but the video star killed the live musician, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

There's a lot of feeling that the school curriculum has been bare-bones, just drill and, again, no art, music, and so on and so forth.

[Phil Wood] knew about wine. He knew about food. He knew about art. He knew about classical music. He was interested in things.

Justin Di Cioccio led a jazz program at Music and Art, but there was no jazz in Performing Arts. After they joined, it became Laguardia School of Arts.

If you want to make [your own way in music] it as a player, which is very difficult, as Art Blakey said to me, "We're blessed to have the opportunity to do this." So just keep that in mind.

I remember Art Blakey saying to me, "Just remember, we're blessed to do what we do."

The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music.

One important thing, just being a film composer in general, is to have a great respect for the art that you're working on - a great respect for the film and a great respect for the filmmakers.

Music, art, landscape - these are all things I draw inspiration from.

I think comedy and music are both things that we need as human beings. I think that both art forms can touch people.

I made the decision that my contribution needed to be more musical than political. My music was enough, politically. Art matters. Art was enough. My music was enough to say what I had to say.

I think music can definitely be art; I also think music can be crap and not be art.

I went to the Brit School for the performing arts in Croydon at 14, picking music as my main subject, and I'm so glad I did. I knew lots of people who'd gone there, so I always had my mind set on it.

You go in and record and sing them some and you go back in and rerecord and sing them some more. That's kind of how I did this album [The Art of Elegance].

There's huge amounts of nonsense that goes with everything surrounding music and art. All the things you have to do promote yourself - there's huge amounts of nonsense.