Quotes About Music

It would be difficult to do art without music (music subsidises the art).

Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I was a teenager or even as a child.

It's better when you don't understand the words in music. Because when you don't understand the words, you have to listen to what somebody means, not what they're saying. And if they mean it.

I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it gets our image out in other ways than in movies.

If you really listen to my music my music is more like stories than party records. I never made party records.

The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.

Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.

People used to think of vocal music as boring choir stuff, once you figured out that you can do crazy beat-boxing, awesome bass lines (and) throw everything together, you just have really cool music.

Im really into the indie-music scene and listen to a lot of De La Soul.

One of my favorite activities is just to drive and listen to music - of course, only when there's no traffic.

Music is something I really have a need to do - I don't seem to be able to stop

Classical music fulfills for me the function of narrative. I spend 90 minutes a day listening to symphonic music - Beethoven to Bartók - some chamber pieces, and that's my enrichment.

Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.

I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed on to our label right now; they're called The Sounds. They're kind of like a new-wave pop band.

I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.

The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.

I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song.

I play music as much as I can. I have a band called The Abiders. We've put out a couple of albums you can find on iTunes. We tour and all that stuff, so music is very much a part of my life.

Mexican music runs through my veins. I loved it. Growing up, my father didn't allow us to listen to English music at home. That's all I heard. I had no choice.

I think the music is relevant and if people are into the music, they're going to be into it regardless of when it comes from.

Family and friends always need to be bigger than your music career, and in that sense, your music will be bigger because you respect your family and your friends more.

I was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for me. The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible.

I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my contribution and help to establish it.

...black music is a group music. That's why I don't like doing a solo saxophone thing: My feeling stems from rhythm, I really have to feel that rhythmic thing happening.