Quotes About Music

One of the nice things about licensing music to movies or advertisements is you can reach a lot of people who normally wouldn't hear music.

I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.

I try to sing whatever the music makes me feel. And we play so much music from the other records at shows that I hope no one will miss the old style too much.

Musically, I think I change music like I change clothes! What I listen to on a day to day basis is really contingent upon my mood and what's going on in my life.

So, maybe you don't see blues so much in Styx's music but it is definitely part of Tommy's early music.

I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.

I want to tell stories and make people feel good. That's when music is at its finest.

People who understand music hear sounds that no one else makes when Frank Sinatra sings.

We don't want any vocalist messing up the music.

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

I want people to have their own visions for the dance. Some generations will sit back and relate to the music. And the young people ...they'll have the dance right in front of them.

I wanted to marry Lucifer. I feel his presence in my music.

Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.

I didn't want my music to be seen as examples of an electronic culture; I just wanted them to be thought of as pieces of music.

In a way the new music showed things could be transformed by new channels of communication.

It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes.

Well, I loved singing in the chorus, and there was some connection for me between gospel and choral music.

Emotions are the fuel to really move you along, that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, like it's not going to happen.

Dancing is an important function of music, but so is crying.

I think that music, or at least the kind of music that I make, benefits greatly from improvisation.

I was very adamant about not being called a jazz singer, but now I've embraced it. The way I approach music is through jazz, so I'm a jazz singer.

I like musicians who look at the public. You have to bring the music to the largest number. Otherwise, we'll [the Jazz players] stay in the clubs. Jazz must be accessible to everyone.

I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.

It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage