Quotes About Music

My first love is making records, and whatever's necessary in order for me to achieve that, I'll learn how to do it.

Music was something I was encouraged to do, which I appeared to be quite good at, but it was never a passion. Writing was always my first love.

Music is my first love, and I can't step away from her. I love music, and I love playing and living the dream, but I also miss my family.

Music was my first love; acting was something that wasn't important to me early on.

I admit, music is my first love. I enjoy acting but I couldn't give up my music.

Music was my first love, and at Marlborough we put bands together and sang the pop songs of the day. Although I couldn't read or write music - I still can't - I taught myself to play the guitar and piano by listening to songs and working out the chords.

Music will always be my first love, but it was time to diversify into something that had the ability to really create a financial legacy.

I listened to all kinds of music: rock, pop, R & B. But country was always my first love.

I create music for myself first of all because if I'm not happy with the music I create, I can't make anybody else happy.

Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist.

First of all I listen to music. I like music.

I feel really blessed to first of all have the opportunity to do music, and second of all to have it be going well.

First 2Pac song I heard was 'Brenda Got a Baby.' That was the first one. I didn't even hear it. I saw the video.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to try the retro style in the first place, because many musicians have left masterpieces in the genre, and I felt burdened by this.

I've been writing a lot more folky, country type stuff. One of the reasons I wanted to write in the first place was because of Darrell Scott.

I love to zoom in and study why a chord is making me feel a certain way, but then I've learnt to zoom out again. Because if I'm not actually feeling it, there's not much point making it in the first place.

Blues is the first step to get to jazz.

When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.

I loved the Brazilian music I played. But this is finally me. For the first time I think it's really me.

I had gone from job to job up in London before 'Fisherman's Friends'.

When people would ask me what do you do, I'd say I make music for cartoons. I could see the compassion in their eyes. I gotta tell you, there was no room for compassion: I was making money hand over fists.

I don't know if my songs fit in films.

I love rap lyrics, I love hearing people rap, I love molding a thought or idea into the shape that fits on a rap beat.

I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.