Quotes About Music

I crank up the music, and I dance around the house.

I've always been a little bit in the background as a singer and even as an acoustic-guitar player, although I crank it up and rock with my Marshall stacks, too.

Yeah, nothing feels better than knowing that I can put a guitar in my hands at any time and rip - even when I'm taking a crap!

I remember people telling me that at 5 1/2 minutes long, 'Lightning Crashes' would never be a hit song.

I don't crave acceptance in the classical world.

It used to be enough for me to get on stage and sing. I kind of crave the performance part now. I write knowing it's going to happen, which I didn't do before.

I always like balance. If I'm playing rock music all the time, chances are I'll start craving some lighter, poppier stuff, both to listen to and to play. I compare music to massage. If someone's been working on your back for a long time, you really want them to move down to your legs or something.

The craziest thing is I didn't know I could sing like this - ever. My voice has changed, or I've grown into it, woken up.

I got the craziest crash course in rock n' roll that I could have ever dreamed of.

You can say, 'Put your hands up.' And 30,000 people put their hands up. It's one of the craziest things.

I'll talk all this craziness in my music, but when I have your attention, and you're listening to me, I'll talk about what I want to talk about and what I think we need to address.

I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person.

I was really into the music of Cream after I finished composing the music for 'BTTB.'

When I was about 14, I went to see Cream play. I thought they were the best band in the world.

I created the Soundcloud big bang; you already know what's going on.

But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

A lot of the songs are very rock-oriented. My voice makes them country, and a lot of people think that is a strange combination... I think it creates something different and unique.

It's so special to meet people after the show, getting that connection during the actual concert. It creates a stronger bond.

If you use music boldly at the front of a scene, it creates another level.

For anyone who doesn't know his work, Andreas Vollenweider is a harpist who creates very atmospheric, new agey music that's totally beautiful.

I am just creating the music I enjoy to make, and people seem to enjoy it.

If you capture the first thought that you have when you're creating, and then play that to people, it's kind of like the listeners are part of that beginning. And that's the most exciting part.

I'd always been on the giving end of music and creating.