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Quotes About Creativity

I didn't want my music to be seen as examples of an electronic culture; I just wanted them to be thought of as pieces of music.
~ Paul Lansky
In a way the new music showed things could be transformed by new channels of communication.
~ Yoko Ono
But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.
~ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes.
~ Dinah Sheridan
Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.
~ Keith Jarrett
I think that music, or at least the kind of music that I make, benefits greatly from improvisation.
~ Ryan Adams
When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.
~ Ricky Skaggs
I love what I do. I was given the most incredible gift that can be given to anyone. I could never imagine a world without music, and I feel grateful that I've been given the ability to share that.
~ Dionne Warwick
When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
~ Yael Naim
The only thing I knew how to do was draw and play music.
~ DJ Ashba
Drugs don't have to be a part of that to me, so if somebody says - your music takes me to that sort of place - then I'm really psyched.
~ Panda Bear
We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals
~ Tommy Shaw
It's satisfying to put out new music. And I think that's the context in which I'm comfortable revisiting things from the past.
~ DJ Shadow
There is something wonderful about singing and writing music, I think there is something special about creativity and the ability humans have in that area.
~ Kim Gordon
Really connecting with someone and maybe opening their mind a little bit, is such a cool thing to be able to do through music.
~ Kacey Musgraves
The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were.
~ John McLaughlin
So how do you do it, with just words and just music, capture the feeling that my Earth is somebody's ceiling?
~ Sara Bareilles
I live in an atmosphere of music.
~ Maya Angelou
Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's at the center of it.
~ Utah Phillips
Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius.
~ Jon Brion
Music is a big machine that would go on with or without me.
~ Rob Thomas
Sometimes the best music is when you just put it out there.
~ Dreezy
..my music isn't just music- its medicine.
~ Kanye West
Bad music is the attempt to imitate something that has very strong rules and grammar.
~ Carlo Grante