Quotes About People

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.

I am trying to walk a tightrope; trying to keep the DJ community happy while trying to spread the message about dance music to more people. That is the mission that I am on.

There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.

Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.

When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.

My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.

I hate the business part of music. Music is just like the streets. There's loyal and disloyal people, people saying one thing and then don't do it.

Creativity is not simply a property of exceptional people but an exceptional property of all people.

Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator.

We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.

I'm never too nervous about releasing music. I like to see what the people think because it helps me make myself better as an artist for them.

To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do.

No matter what these people say about me, my music doesn't glorify any image. My music is spiritual when you listen to it. It's all about emotion, I tell my innermost, darkest secrets.

Respectable people do not write music or make love as a career.

Learning from other people is what music is all about.

Leave your ego, play the music, love the people.

People are strange when you're a stranger.

The good thing, really, is that electronic music started as a fringe subculture, and now it's the biggest youth culture in the world. People pretty much everywhere go crazy for electronic music.

I've been in clubs. I don't like being in an enclosed place with really loud music, and a lot of drunk people. It's not my idea of a good time. It's just such a miserable life.

The things I see every day inspire my sound and lyrics, like certain people and situations that stick out in my mind. There are also certain musicians I love whose music and styles inspire me.

What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.

What I get in rock 'n' roll that I don't get in movies is that connection with people. With music it's instantaneous, and just to watch people light up, it's really amazing. I love that connection.

I live to play music, and hang out with my wife and kid, and hang out with my friends, and discover the world. Read books, watch movies, see art, see the world, meet new people.