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Quotes About Music

I like the music. I love it & live it in fact. But for me the business part of music just plain stinks.
~ Artie Shaw
Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God.
~ Kevin Vanhoozer
I like a funny girl. Smart. Talented. I like someone who is good at music - that always intrigues me.
~ Tom Felton
I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music is fantastic and important.
~ David Bowie
This isn't about fans, greed or money. It's about being morally right or wrong. Nobody is governing the way music gets from artists to fans. It's all running amok.
~ Lars Ulrich
When's the last time you walked by a pub in Dublin and heard Irish music? When's the last time you ordered a coffee and heard an Irish accent?
~ Michael Flatley
One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.
~ Peter Gabriel
Lose yourself in the music, the moment - you own it.
~ Eminem
It's very important that the music has a sense of adventure to it, and that it's done by the seat of your pants. There's a kind of nervy element about it.
~ Nick Cave
I don't play anything but the blues, but now I could never make no money on nothin' but the blues. That's why I wasn't interested in nothin' else.
~ Howlin' Wolf
We are no longer the same after hearing certain sounds, and this is more the case when we hear organized sounds, sounds organized by another human being: music.
~ Karlheinz Stockhausen
Taking people on a journey is the fundamental element of underground dance music. I don't sell records.
~ Seth Troxler
I think the kazoo and chocolate-chip cookies have a lot in common. All you need is a mouth to appreciate either one.
~ Wally Amos
I was pretty quiet as a child. I kind of hung out with my family and listened to music and sh*t. I wasn't too outgoing at all.
~ James Hetfield
Music is my biggest passion and Ive just been obsessed with it. Like, always.
~ Ariana Grande
Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.
~ Alvin Ailey
I don't know if there is any specific way to handle emotional pain. Loved ones, music, and self-medicating seem to help me.
~ Mpho Koaho
To his orchestra Stop da music, stop da music! You're supposed to follow da music, not chase it all over da place.
~ Jimmy Durante
One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans.
~ Boris Vian
The music of all creatures has to do with their loves, even of toads and frogs. Is it not the same with man?
~ Henry David Thoreau
Had I children, my utmost endeavors would be to make them musicians.
~ Horace Walpole
We've got to protect the music and make sure it never gets exploited.
~ Lauryn Hill
I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I write.
~ John D. MacDonald
Me and music. Music was always my first love. It was my first love for sure. And still is a huge part of my life.
~ Johnny Depp