Quotes About Music

I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly.

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.

'The Awakening' is meant to be listened to in its entirety. Every song ultimately explores a character dealing with life, making mistakes, fighting, trying. But we also live in a singles-type world, and it works on that level, too.

So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I've been very lucky. I have great faith that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me.

The deals that were made for Black artists at that time were not the deals that were made for white artists.

Not that I'm some rocker, but what I do in a show is probably far more aggressive than what Dean Martin or Bobby Darin ever did.

Dean Martin. He was incredible.

I love music. It's always been very dear to me. It's a big passion.

Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine', which I subsequently put on the Boulders album. I thought at the time that was probably the best song I'd written.

I think 'Rockstar' is more dear to me than any of my other films.

'Pain' is more indicative of what I like to do. I'm lyric-conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.

I'm lyric conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.

You hear a song like 'Wait For It,' you hear a song like 'Dear Theodosia' - if you get one of those songs in a musical - one - it's worth dropping everything to sing that one song.

I got lost in the music in 1963 at Stonewall... No! No, it was Stonewall - it was 1967 that I got lost. In 19 - oh my dear, Stonewall, I got lost at Stonewall. Heard it through the grapevine. 1969! I got lost in the music and I couldn't get out.

Party Rock' is something that is dear to my heart and my goal is to turn this planet into a 'Party Rock,' if you will.

Ramesh Vinayakam is a maestro music composer and a dear friend, too.

Duff McKagen's been a dear friend of mind for a long time, and he's a Seattlelite.

I will go down on my deathbed telling my kids to find songs like 'Don't Take the Girl.'

I play piano, a little Gershwin, before debates.

On my debut album, I wrote a lot about women and their roles in society.

I achieved my one and only dream, which was to debut as a singer.

I first started coming to Ibiza as a DJ; my debut set was at Sankeys with Duke Dumont. I wasn't really in the clubs, though, to be honest - I was mainly in the studio working.

I definitely want to put together an amazing debut album with some really dreamy collaborations.

It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on television and went out and bought an electric guitar.