Quotes About Music

Just because we're a girl band doesn't mean that we're not credible artists.

You have to understand, that's all I've ever wanted: for London to have a credible musical voice. I will honestly, honestly die happy knowing that I saw it happen.

I can't take credit for the success of my songs.

Music is the reason I'm doing movies; I do credit that. But acting is an escape route for me.

Creed's sound is my sound.

The best way to write a song is to think of something else and then the song kind of creeps in.

I'm nothing without a band. I always feel like I'm part of the road crew until I'm on stage.

I used to be a record collector. Mark Ronson, Questlove and I used to be part of, like, a record-trading crew.

I got to play with the big guys, the Wrecking Crew. They just blew me away. I learned a lot of stuff from those guys.

Wreckin' Cru was a DJ crew. They used to call it that because it was the guys that came in after the party was over and broke down the equipment. We eventually made a record, and we had the costumes on and what have you. Back then, everybody had their little getups, you know, like SoulSonic Force, UTFO.

Ah, the Wrecking Crew! They played on everything that came out of L.A. Oh, that was a good band. You really enjoyed going to work. You played for everyone; it didn't matter what it was.

The TekLife crew are super dope.

Believe it or not, at concerts some records go off more than 'Crew' does.

Being a young parent, you can play cricket, football, and I can play chess with my son. In fact, he plays the piano better than I do.

Bob Dylan is like an alien on this earth, and I love him! I cried when I saw him play live because I was so close to him.

I don't know if I've ever screamed or cried for a band.

I heard 'Angel' because my children are huge Sarah McLachlan fans. When I heard it for the first time I just cried my eyes out.

It's quite hard not to cringe at your own music; you're always a bit annoyed at some parts of it.

It's an interesting line that I walk. The AIDS crisis has done a lot for my songs and made them proliferate, and my songs have contributed a lot to that cause as well.

I'm the worst critic about music myself. I hardly ever, ever like something the first time I listen to it.

I have never said anything critical about Ozzy that he didn't say about himself many times.

Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

I don't think the critics could understand what we were doing.