Quotes About Music

When a fan comes up to you and says I love your music, there's nothing better than that.

I always loved music and I always loved to perform, and that's my favorite part, to perform; my favorite part is not the studio, I can't stand the studio.

No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and in my music.

The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive.

I have no doubt that there are great people about though... the thing of it is, nothing to this day moves me like classical music (Debussy, Vaughn Williams).

My poems are more my silence than my speech. Just as music is a kind of quiet. Sounds are needed only to unveil the various layers of silence.

You may dream freely when you listen to music as well as when you look at painting. When you read a book you are the slave of the author's mind.

When I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven't even seen that part of it that much.

My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.

People who have memorized your songs-how can you not love them?

Above the clouds I lift my wing To hear the bells of Heaven ring; Some of their music, though my fights be wild, To Earth I bring; Then let me soar and sing!

From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it.

But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.

My uncle was a music producer and even he'd tell me to get a proper job. I tried to get him to give me five grand to make an album - it didn't happen.

I love art and music more than I love fashion, to be honest.

Music is always my great escape... I get to be that wild child and do whatever the hell I want on stage.

I had another dream the other day about music critics. They were small and rodent-like with padlocked ears, as if they had stepped out of a painting by Goya.

By music minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low. . . . . Warriors she fires with animated sounds. Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds.

I actually think in music, learning technical stuff doesn't matter. You can be as technical as you like, but still sound awful.

The mountain music... is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not something performed by celebrities.

I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.

I try to use my music to move these people to act.

One has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it.

Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing.