Quotes About Music

We should be pointing out people's accomplishments rather than their looks, but if it can promote our band, why not?

When we were first approached with the idea to do videos, we said why not. We used the things that we do in our lives in the videos.

In 1970, my label decided I should do a Christmas album and I put a bunch of tunes together. We couldn't decide what to call it and so I said 'Why not just say Merry Christmas in Spanish? Feliz Navidad.' They said, 'That's cool, Jose, but we need a title song.' So I just sat down and started to play.

When you think about the industry, you think about people competing. You don't think about people getting together like, 'Let's do a record. Why not?' Especially R&B.

If there is a possibility within a film to have a song in the music score that adds a little bit of zing to the music album, then why not utilise it?

People have used Crowley before, but we wanted to try and get a Crowley-reference song on the radio. We just wanted to have a go, and just try things. There was a kind of 'why not?' attitude.

I listen to records I made years ago and it takes me back to that time, so why not actually put a bit of the life that you're living at the time into the music?

I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit.

I got heavily into the drum-and-bass scene, which is really wicked.

The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.

Nashville is wicked. It's like a proper music community, but it's also quintessentially American. You bump into people there with cowboy hats that spit in jars and call you 'boy.' I just love that.

My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals.

I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

I've always loved going to see Broadway shows. I've seen 'em all: Rent, Chorus Line, Cats, West Side Story, Guys & Dolls, Wicked, you name it!

People think hip-hop is evil, but it's sometimes the people making hip-hop that are evil. The genre isn't wicked, but the people in it are.

It would be wicked to do a mad '90s tune and make it a duet with Rihanna. I love her new album 'Anti.' I'm into quite dark R&B.

Kasabian are wicked. They've got the hit songs, but it's the presence in the performance and the attitude with it that I love.

There's a lot going on music-wise in L.A. It's a wicked place to wake up, there's sunshine, you go to the studio, see all these really talented producers.

Mabel is wicked. We come at music from different angles and are both into some different stuff so when we got in together, it was really refreshing to approach the session with different music in mind.

Guerillas' uses a snippet of 'Procreation of the Wicked' by Celtic Frost because I always loved that song.

I've got wide tastes, but I don't like jazz.

Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open.

My central quest was to have a piece played on the saxophone sound like more than one instrument, exploiting different registers and wide interval leaps.