Quotes About Music

I like bringing my poet brain and sensibility to lyrics I write.

With lyrics, being a poet gave me a different approach than other people.

Nas' longevity comes from him having strong lyrical value in his songs, him being more like a poet and improving over time.

I think of the Tamil poet Subrahmanya Bharati every day, and he is an inspiration in my musical creations.

There was no real poet in the band, but we tried.

With 'Peradam', the nature of the project was such that it was deeply immersed in spiritual concepts in India and is based on the works of French poet Rene Daumal.

At the end of the day, Johnny Cash was a poet.

English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in Paris, and it's really a poetic language where you can really play with words.

I may not be poetic but i'd love to write songs that convey my true feelings.

The music that we listen to these days, everything is right there in your face. There's no real mystery. It's not poetic. I want people to think. I want to make people listen to my lyrics.

I try to use a poetic language more than talk about my feelings, but it is married to the music.

Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody.

I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn't read it until I was in my late 20s.

That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.

Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller are examples of poets, I think.

When it comes to writers and poets, for me it's Vinicius de Moraes. He's one of the greatest lyricists ever.

Even the greatest poets, I think, cannot quite get to the places that music can get to in the human - I was gonna say mind, but it's actually the entire body. It somehow seems to infuse the entire body.

I also want to sing the lyrics penned by poets like Srijato.

Songs are great. I love songs. I sing them in the shower sometimes. They can be poignant or cheery or angry, and they can have catchy and satisfying melodies. There's nothing wrong with songs.

That was the whole point in forming a band. Girls. Absolutely gorgeous girls.

You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.

I think the focus of the media changes. At the moment the more electronic stuff like trip-hop was the flavor of the month, just a little while ago. It all depends on the angle, from which point of view you see it.

I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a scene and which character's point of view is driving it at any given moment?

I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn.