Quotes About Music

Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.

I'm obsessed with low end, its kind of my religion. In a way it has given me a chance to explore more than I have in any other project.

My God is rock'n'roll. It's an obscure power that can change your life. The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

For many human beings, religion has been the music which they believe in.

I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.

In church, sacred music would make believers of us all — but preachers can be counted on to restore the balance.

Music is religion for me. There'll be music in the hereafter, too.

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.

My religion lies in my composition.

a church is an interesting place once you get the parson and the people out of it. Real music can get in then, and a real God! Nothing flibertigibbet about religion then.

Be cool and you'll be alright. That's rock & roll religion.

I adhere to the religion of art and music and small children.

Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music, and poetry.

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.

Indeed the influence of music on the development of religion is a subject which would repay a sympathetic study.

Rock and roll is my religion.

Looking back, [R.E.M.]videos, by in large, have always been art films. I'm thinking of "Losing My Religion." That's a landmark piece.

The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music.

The first Sunday I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion.

God is a sound frequency, and we can all tune in if we just listen. Some find The Rhythm through different melodies, but it's all music.

O Lord, as I walk through the valley of the shadow of doubt, at least let mewear a Walkman...

Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.

House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good at all.