Quotes About Music

Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively.

I think the problem starts with the general appreciation of the music in the larger society.

Today, music heralds... the establishment of a society of repetition in which nothing will happen anymore.

Nothing says 'dropping out of society' like learning the banjo.

Poets sing our human music for us.

I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society.

Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of benefit to the people.

I love hip-hop music, ... It's rebel music is how I like to speak about it. Hip-hop and reggae come from the same community as far as class...they both come from the bottom of society.

I serve society by rocking!

The problem isn't with rock lyrics, it's with the fabric of this society itself.

We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.

I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society.

There is no complete spiritual life without music, for the human soul has regions which can be illuminated only by music.

When the intellectual part of guitar playing overrides the spiritual, you don't get to extreme heights.

When the human being hears music, he has a sense of wellbeing, because these tones harmonize with what he has experienced in the world of his spiritual home.

My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.

I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me to the highest heights, it's almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me.

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.

As far as spiritual influences in Christian music, I would say Crystal Lewis - a lot of her songs especially. The ministry she has through her songs has really hit me.

It is music that welds spiritual and sensual, that can convey ecstasy free of guilt, faith without dogma, love as homage, and a person at home with nature and the infinite.

I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise

Music is a spiritual doorway. ... Its power comes from the fact that It plugs directly into the soul.

My whole trick is to keep the tune well out in front. If I play Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and skip his spiritual struggle.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.