Quotes About Music

Me, who's educated classically, I went toward rock music 'cause it was sort of a natural evolution from where I was playing with my brother. But I was always drawn back into classical music.

I was able to learn a new language - a new musical language is learning a new language, because it's so extremely different from Western classical music. African music is completely different.

It's really funny how I've come round to classical music around the back door with my banjo in my hand, and I love it.

I don't even want to say I'm trying to necessarily popularize classical music, I just want to take this thing, this cello, this sound, and make it artistic so people can understand it today.

I think classical dance is not seeing the evolution seen by classical music.

I grew up with a lot of classical music around.

I love Western classical music - I grew up on that thanks to my parents who loved it too.

I have an issue with classical music.

The choreography in films is completely different. I find it easier when I am asked to dance to classical music, but it's a different ball game altogether.

Indian classical music is in my blood.

I love classical music. It's my stabiliser.

My songs are classics.

I downloaded a Kylie Minogue album and it had all the classics like 'I Should Be So Lucky' and 'Locomotion.' I'm not even ashamed to say I love it, I'm proud.

I don't really classify 'Wichita Lineman' as country.

My first performance was in AP Calculus when they forced me up into the front of the classroom and made me sing a song, which was really scary, but it was fun.

I was the only kid reading guitar magazines at the back of the classroom.

A lot of times you'll hear bands and it's a different sound coming out than what's on stage. Because you can clean it up through a PA and make it sound completely different than what they really sound like.

I've listened to musicians who say that using a metronone makes you robotic, that it decreases your 'feel.' That's ridiculous. Either you have feel or you don't. Feel is one of those intangibles that can't be taught. But if you do have feel, using a metronome will allow you to play cleaner - and that'll make your 'feel' have more, well, 'feeling.'

Me and Rakim were always clear that we were rivals.

Balancing my film career and my music will be something I'm just going to have to deal with, as it happens. I think I can balance it out; the choices will probably be pretty clear. If there's a movie I just have to do, I will work the music around it.

The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form.

I think my music has connected with the audience because I always have a clear vision about my songs.

That's what my music is good for - clearing out the house and being alone.

Dream and Ne-Yo understand what women go through, what we feel, what we talk about, what we're scared of, and I think that their records show that clearly as well.