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Quotes About Identity

I believe that there is no doubts about who I am, an artist who loves music, above everything.
~ Lana Del Rey
Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music.
~ John Betjeman
I don't remember explaining that I was making electronic music to anyone, but I don't remember anyone being curious about it, either.
~ Nicolas Jaar
I grew up listening to English music.
~ Ryan Tedder
I grew up in a Hollywood family with money, so money is not the reason I make music. I'm as Hollywood as it gets. Not internally but externally - that's my bloodline.
~ Robin Thicke
For me, being transparent about every aspect of my life is what makes my music relatable and how I'm able to be an individual amongst the mass amounts of other artists.
~ Macklemore
I see myself in pop culture. I listen to pop music, I do pop things, and I'm also a scientist.
~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
What I do isn't black music, it's just my music.
~ Daryl Hall
I don't really understand why when I'm not making music, I feel like I can't breathe.
~ Son Lux
I heard someone say that all black people got rhythm. Bullshit.
~ Ray Charles
I would like to be known as an artist. Whether that be music, acting, sketching, cooking, whatever. Im interested in all of those things.
~ Mark Salling
Who says I breathe music? Who says I even breathe?
~ Gayle Forman
I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.
~ William Christopher Handy
Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.
~ Mika
Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix, the ultimate in black cool. Everything he did was natural and perfect.
~ Ronnie Wood
Tejano music is a very relaxing style and it reminds me of home.
~ Selena
It's the clothes that influence the music I'm going to play.
~ Graham Coxon
I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.
~ Gary Numan
You see all races in music, and in dance and theatre, so why can't we see it in fashion?
~ Naomi Campbell
Apart from a very close circle of friends, few people know my true self, and it's normal, I never put it into my music.
~ Marilyn Manson
Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music
~ Shania Twain
I dont know if its embarrassing, but I have a lot of girl Christian music.
~ Tony Oller
I am what I am Are you what you are or What?
~ Alanis Morissette
I am more than what they say I am.
~ John O'Callaghan