Quotes About Perspective

I've always enjoyed myself. Unhappy periods for me last about twenty minutes.

Believe me when I say that some of the most amazing music in history was made on equipment that's not as good as what you own right now.

When I don't like a piece of music, I make a point of listening to it more closely

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than lifes daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.

Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.

Music speaks to people at a level that is much more universal and can kind of trigger things in the listener in ways that other forms of communication can't.

I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me. So I have to cover all the areas.

Music has a lot in com­mon with math­e­mat­ics. But in music, two and two need not make four: they add up to what­ever you wish.

My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer.

A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed.

I think all recent music sucks, and that includes Type O Negative.

Me and Kendrick [Lamar] have different types of music. He from a different coast; we ain't in the same lane.

Just because it happened to you, doesn't mean it's interesting.

New music? Hell, there's been no new music since Stravinsky.

The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.

The idea is more important than the style you're playing in.

I enjoy looking like a tart and thinking like a politician.

The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?

He never contributed a damn thing to music. (on Elvis Presley)

Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in your magazine.

So, you can make me come, that doesn't make you Jesus.

Once again, when you upgrade sensations from an addiction to a preference, you can enjoy things such as gourmet food and music, without having your happiness depend on them.

If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!