Quotes About Music

Whatever I do with music, I try to make it align deeply with the values and principles of who I am and what I believe the purpose of my life is.

It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.

Everything has gotten less expensive. Digitization has made content, whether it's print or music, less costly. Today, anyone can read the news for free online.

When I was a kid, I saw Mardi Gras in New Orleans. So to me Party Rock was always wear your animal print, bring your no-lenses glasses, dress up in a bunch of colors and have fun. Animal print is a must.

I knew from the start that I wanted my life to be about music. I taught myself the notes of the piano aged three, and then I spent the next few years deconstructing chords to figure out how to play them. At 11, I researched online the sort of music school I wanted to attend, printed out the details, and handed them to my parents.

We're thinking about printing the lyrics with the next record so that people can find their own meaning in them. But then they would start having a life of their own, and I think the Portishead music should stay a whole in which the lyrics come second, actually.

I've loved Japanese culture for a long, long time, from doing martial arts, to the block prints, to the music. It's a country that I love, and a culture that I love.

I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.

Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father.

I'd like to think I wouldn't get booed off stage if I chose not to wear the head - I did gigs prior to having the head made and never had any problems. I'm aware though that, as a gimmick, it can create its own little monster as a brand.

Something we do every tour is to choose a song for the team CD that gets played in the dressing room prior to games.

Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that I've interacted with since then. I've been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. I've changed as a product of that, but it's been positive.

I'm a fan of Genesis prior to Phil Collins. I don't really like Phil.

I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.

My real priorities were my family - my kids and Bruce - and my work with the E Street Band.

Every artist has different priorities. Some artists I know don't make as much music as they used to, because social media has taken over their lives. I work at what I feel is a very normal pace, and things keep clicking. It's rewarding.

I didn't necessarily grow up with country being my first priority as a music listener. I grew up listening to classic rock and Christian music.

It's always the music first for me. But if the music isn't selling, there isn't gonna be no business. So you gotta make sure music is always the first priority.

Singing and entertainment are now my first priority.

Music was never a priority for me, and I seriously do not know how I got so big.

I love to have a band, but dancers are my priority because I really want a show, you know?

If I were to explore music, I'd want to just focus on that and make that my priority.

Music has always been my first love, so making music happen is a big priority of mine.

My family is my greatest priority, but I'm committed to Little Big Town, and I have to make that a priority also.