Famous Quotes & Sayings

B. B. King

I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There was something about it, because nobody else played that kind of music.

Emily Dickinson

This World is not Conclusion./ A Sequel stands beyond--/ Invisible, as Music--/ But positive, as Sound.

Lola Kirke

I spend a lot of time doing watercolors and playing music in my apartment.

Kailash Kher

A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics.

Mike Nichols

For a director, a musical is a special kind of hell.

Nikki Reed

I have speakers all over my house because music is such a huge, huge part of who I am.

Nikki Sixx

For me, to turn people on to new music, on to things that are going on in the world, is important.

Nadia Bjorlin

My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.

Crystal Bowersox

The only 'Idol' music I've ever purchased is Phillip Phillips.

Crystal Bowersox

I knew from the time I was 6 or 7 that music was something I had to do.

Chuck Mangione

Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music.

Casey James

My music is an extension of who I am and what I went through and what I know musically.

Dustin Diamond

This music isn't Top 40, we really stand out from anyone.

Well, I think the first piece of music I ever heard that I really loved was 'Salome's Dances' by Richard Strauss. I played that 12-inch, 78 record, and I stood up on an ottoman to play it on a big Victrola and I'd just keep playing it and playing it.

It's never too late to do anything new when it comes to music.

Vance Joy

I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.

Trey Parker

Like anything important, anything you need people to hear - you've got to have music for it. You've got to make it at least a little piece of a song or sometimes a whole song.

Trent Reznor

People want to listen to a lot of music and do whatever they want with it. They don't want DRM, they don't want subscriptions. They don't want a player that only can do this but can't do that and you only have one copy. They don't want that. You know? I don't want that.

Trent Reznor

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think music should be free.

Trent Reznor

The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music.

Trent Reznor

I think the thing I've always tried to do is - and I didn't plan it, it just started to come out that way - is try to make challenging music that flirts with accessibility.

Tunde Adebimpe

My father was a psychiatrist and a social worker but he was a very talented painter and musician and writer on the side.

Tunde Adebimpe

Playing shows is really fun. And writing music is really fun. But going on tour for a year is one of the more soul-crushing experiences you can have as a creative person.

Tyler Hilton

I have come to terms with the fact that it's called pop music - that's what I play, and that is what I write. I think it is a pretty broad category.

Tyler Hilton

Whether or not I would be able to be an actor without the music I'm not sure, but I feel pretty lucky to do it.

Big Sean

People who tend to listen to my music have come back and said, 'Yo, this is my anthem. This is what I live by.'

Carrie Brownstein

With music, I get to a much darker place. Where I'm able to go with 'Portlandia' has a wider range, but also a brighter range.

Vanessa Brown

So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.

Winnie Holzman

I think we put on a real old-fashioned musical in some ways,

David Soul

Music always came first. I never set out to be an actor.

Al Jarreau

I'm touched by rock n' roll. I'm touched by the Beatles. I want some of the music I do to reflect that.

Cornel West

Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent.

Cliff Martinez

Composers are in some ways the last frontier of musician that gets a paycheck for their musical services.