Quotes About Music

My dad was the one who took me to concerts and introduced me to new artists. One time, he drove me from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., on a school night to see 'U2' - he was a pretty dedicated Bono fan.

I always think 'Pity the Child' is a goodie. And I've always liked a song called 'Heaven Help My Heart,' which is quite a corny number.

Then I met people at school who were into Erykah Badu and Snoop Dogg. I like heaps of different music, but that was a real pivotal time in terms of finding my way.

A lot of the album 'The Definition' was made from two things: Pixar movies and J. Dilla.

I was just a kid in 1987 when I heard of the Pixies, the year after I graduated high school. But I had my band together, and my best friend at the time, Corey Hickock, who was the guitar player in the band that would become STP, Mighty Joe Young, turned me on to the Pixies.

I'm still a fan of the Pixies!

I listen to everything: The Pixies, The Beatles, The Avett Brothers.

As Andy says, being in this band in the early 1980s made you feel like you were part of a pizza. We were always one of the band, one of Duran Duran, or one of the Taylors.

I really enjoyed performing there. Dubai is a very rocking place.

New Yorkers think they have everything, all the best art and music. But really L.A. is a better place.

Lyricism was placed into my head in Ireland.

The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors.

In my childhood there was every year at my old home, Roxborough, or, as it is called in Irish, Cregroostha, a great sheep-shearing that lasted many days. On the last evening there was always a dance for the shearers and their helpers, and two pipers used to sit on chairs placed on a corn-bin to make music for the dance.

I know why I'm here. I know why I was placed in music, and it's not by coincidence.

There are people much better placed to make music than me. It's always been a young person's game.

A song cannot be a gimmick as it requires talent and hard work. But if it is placed wrongly, then it can be called that way.

You shouldn't really have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound good. It should all be done with microphones and microphone placement.

I never really wanted to be an artist. I just really wanted to write songs. But, of course, I can't get placement unless I demo the songs.

Festivals are happy places, and you don't really want to enjoy them on your own.

The music always takes us to different places. We'll just continue to play and see what doors open from there.

My first memories are of Brazil. There's so much music there. It's one of my favourite places in the world.

There's some places where, I don't know if they're fiddle fans, or Natalie fans or if they just love Celtic music, but there's some places where there's just awesome crowds.

All your experiences, the places you go to, the encounters you have with people, and, of course, your cultural trappings all make you who you are, and who you are makes your music.

The Sadies have the ability to create soundscapes, and to put you in places.