Quotes About Music

I'm playin' music for a certain type of person. Fortunately, there are more and more of us. At least there are more comin' to see me than there were 30 years ago or so.

There's a lot of ideology about "free", that we can have free services, free content, it's one of the reasons why the music industry which I defend has been decimated.

Surely words are just the background music when passion pounces on a soul.

My audience has developed so that they come to listen and are quiet, Thus I can work in a limited volume range and explore all the subtleties that can happen, which is my favorite part of the music.

I think music should be experienced by people all ages.

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative.

We're genuinely happy if some musicians of this younger generation are influenced by our music, as we were ourselves influenced 10 years ago by older musicians.

Only one music comes out of me.

I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music.

Being good isn't just about being dextrous and being flash. Being good is about being an all-round contributor in the great world of music.

Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.

Since music has so much to do with the molding of character, it is necessary that we teach it to our children.

That I can't relate to today's music or morals doesn't make either necessarily bad. Just different. I leave the judgements to others.

Don't die with your music still in you. Don't die with your purpose unfulfilled. Don't die feeling as if your life has been wrong. Don't let that happen to you.

I really feel instrumental music can speak - can contain tremendous amounts of information - but it's speaking to your subconscious.

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.

I love Christmas! I'm not religious, but I love the trappings of the season. I love the decorations, and the music, and Santa, and the festive food, and the cinnamon- and vanilla-infused aromas.

Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.

All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written.

I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music as a esoteric mechanism to continue my real intentions.

I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.

Writing music always happened for me in periods when I wasn't under the influence of mind-altering substance.

I don't know if it's a sign of all the chaos that is happening out there or not, but I've lately craved the structure and order of classical music, the balance and symmetry.

I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.