Quotes About Music

I'd promised my parents that I'd go to college, take the time to grow up a bit, and experience something different before really pursuing music.

When I pursued music, I was told, 'oh, he's just pursuing fame and fortune and he's left the call of Christ in his life.'

My pursuit was more in the music thing, so I never went out pursuing movies. It was more just pursuing my singing career because people came to me for singing more than they did for doing movies.

For me, music is just one road. I dont have a specific pursuit; generally. I just try to be more aware of myself.

Composing is what drives me; it's not the pursuit of fame. My songs are like pages in a diary.

Jamming with other people will create energy and excitement that you can feed off, and which will help push you to do things you'd never dream of doing by yourself.

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.

You are talking to a man who can only play a plastic keyboard. Give me anything weighted and I've had it. I haven't got the strength in my fingers to push them down. So I don't get a lot of expression on the keyboard.

I still believe in hope and that a good song will push itself.

You're creating a score that has to have an emotional and story logic to it. You want a dramatic arc. You want all the songs to push story forward. That's the same whether it's for stage or film or television or whatever.

Making music can get so emotional that, if you don't set limits for yourself, it can push you or the person that you're making music with to a breaking point.

As a successful artist it is my job to give the indie scene as much of a push as I can.

The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process: I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult.

Being associated with songs that push boundaries is amazing. If the rest of my career consists of a majority of songs that are experimental, I'll be a happy man.

There's definitely a push and a pull to 'legitimize' electronic music live by playing the same way that a band would play.

Look, I got 11,052 songs on my iPod. Cyndi Lauper, Guns N' Roses, Geto Boys, N.W.A.... push shuffle and anything will come on.

I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.

The guitar is something you kind of embrace, and the piano is something you kind of - when you play it, you sort of push it away. It feels very different.

Good conductors know when to push and when to lay back. I've known so many great conductors that I'm still doing what I can to learn the craft of this role.

I decided to not be so dismissive of my music in favor of my acting. Acting has been such a consistent thing for me; a lot of times in the past, I wouldn't have had the confidence with my music to really make it a part of my schedule. I would easily push it to the side, or I would easily take up time that was needed for it.

I never pushed to be a star. I didn't want to. I had my home, my family. Session work let you do the music and leave.

When I discovered metaphor and what it meant, I got really excited. That was what really pushed me through into music.

I'm very serious about what I write and who I allow to produce the music, because I want to make sure it's a true album, and not just something pushed out there to create hype and more fame for myself.

Nashville has pushed me to improve constantly as few other places could, and I'm grateful for that.