Quotes About Music

Your talking to someone who really understands rock music.

An echo of music, a face in the street, the wafer of the new moon, a wanton thought - only in the iridescence of things the vagabond soul is happy.

So I cradle this average violin that knows Only forgotten showtunes, but argues The possibility of free declamation anchored To a dull refrain.

The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.

Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of America.

Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night.

I think classical music tuition is, well, was when I was a child, was an abomination. I think in some ways it is one of life's great tragedies for everybody who gives up an instrument.

There is a lot of music out there that you can play side by side and you can't hear the personality - that has a timeline on it, for sure.

Music is my mother and my father; it is my work and my rest...my blood...my compass...my love.

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.

But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense.

Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness.

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

I have a hard time writing music when I'm on tour.

Videos destroyed the vitality of rock and roll. Before that, music said, "Listen to me." Now it says, "Look at me."

Got no place to go, but there's a girl waitin' for me down in Mexico. She got a bottle of tequila, a bottle of gin, and if I bring a little music, I could fit right in.

There's a lot of money in doing score music. You can get a chance to get nominated for an Oscar.

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market - no one cares. Why? Because the majority of jazz is old.

Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?

I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.

I don't want children cursing. I'm very strict on my nieces and my little brother. They have to listen to clean versions of music. Even my music.

I believe my most important skill is an ability to perceive patterns in the market. I think this aptitude for pattern recognition is probably related to my heavy involvement with music.

No one comes up to me asking for a crack dealer's number. People come up to me to talk about lyrics, about music, about the band.