Quotes About Music

I want to write music that's going to appeal to everyone.

There's a lot of American people who like K-Pop for some reason. I don't know why, you know? But they like it even if they can't understand it because it has that style, that appeal.

I would say that I'm more than just a teeny-bopper artist... that my music can appeal to people of all ages.

I'm trying to write songs to appeal to everybody.

When 'And Then What' was made, Jeezy already had a street appeal, but 'And Then What' put him on the national appeal.

I'm not trying to appeal to anybody. I just try to do my thing and make the best music I can make.

Mumford & Sons' music appeals to a lot of America. I'm really proud of them.

I have always been trying to make music which appeals to global audience.

I've appeared on some other people's albums.

I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.

I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.

Just seeing people appreciate what you do, come out and support it, and sing the songs back, there's not a better feeling in the world.

I appreciate very much Vilayat Khan, the sitar player, and Bismillah Khan, the shehnai player; and among the tabla players, of course, Alla Rakha, Kishan Maharaja, and all these people.

I got a lot of film companies approaching me to write some songs for their films.

Men feel safe and more open when they know that the woman they're talking to approves of their passion for a particular band/book/cereal.

If you say 'Domo arigato' to people, they're apt to go, 'Mr. Roboto.'

Arcade Fire always churns out music that makes me want to move.

I thought I would be in a band like Arcade Fire or be like Fiona Apple - but pop just made sense to me.

It's important to me to create archetypes of human experiences and make them so that the song has a sense of purpose when you experience those emotions. You know, just making people feel like they're not alone.

My dad was really into avant garde jazz: Archie Shepp, John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders.

Being an architect is like playing piano, you learn to play to admire how well the other guys play piano.

In an arena, with Girls Aloud, it's a big production and you don't have time to talk to the crowd about the songs.

I love playing arenas; it's the best thing.

Raffi is arguably the world's most famous children's singer.