Quotes About Music

The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor.

I wanted to completely honor The REV and pay tribute to him and carry on the legacy that he intended with this record.

It is a privilege and an honor to perform on Steinway pianos.

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

Gene Autry was a pioneering star in the early days of music, radio, film, television and rodeo performances. I am proud to posthumously honor such an inspiring role model.

The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

It's always an honor and a scary experience to sing new music.

When I first came out with Blue, everyone compared me to Patsy Cline, which is the biggest honor, 'cause I've always looked up to her.

Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have wrought their godly thoughts into verse, rhyme, and song.

I consider the opportunity to bear witness to the eloquent beauty of Baikida's music a distinct honor. Baikida Carroll is polarized; poised; at a matchless point between lyricism and fire.

I wanted to honor [George Gershwin]. He's a great American songwriter.

I'm going to be singing Dreams and Rhiannon when I'm 75 - and that's just fine with me. I just hope my chiffon doesn't get tangled in my rocking chair.

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.

And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.

Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.

Gospel songs are the songs of hope. When you sing gospel you have the feeling there is a cure for what's wrong, but when you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.

Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace.

I'm writing songs with the hope someone can get behind my feeling.

Rhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue. When it does, it grows sweeter.

I remember Elton John used to be their owner and he is my favourite singer! I hope the match will be an opportunity to meet Elton John!

I hope to touch many Hearts through my music

The rhythm persisted, the unfaltering common meter of blues, but the blueness itself, the sorrow, the despair, began to give way to hope.

It really has lifted my spirits. It's intensified my faith, given me more hope. That's what music does for me.

We want to give kids something to hope for. If one kid says, "Your cd helped get me through this year," that's all it takes.