Famous Quotes & Sayings

Josh Homme

Music's supposed to be real. When it really touches you, it's supposed to be real.

Robby Benson

Music runs through everything I do - I even think musically; even when I was acting, but, especially, when I am directing. Directing is very musical.

Emmanuel Jal

Music moves my emotions because music loosens me up.

Chico Buarque

Music kind of kidnapped me for a while.

Mayer Hawthorne

Music is timeless, so I want to give people shows they'll never forget so that I can do this forever.

Stephen Marley

My father's music was influential. My place is my place. I must be myself and who I am.

Grimes

My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite.

New Orleans was a musician's paradise. But if we all leave, that music scene could be gone.

Jason Moore

For your first musical in New York, to go to Broadway and be nominated for a Tony is a dream come true.

James Taylor

I enjoy selling my music. I don't enjoy selling myself.

I have a recorder in my room, and when I record my voice, I'll be screaming in the microphone. And there's no other music anywhere, so people think I'm crazy, in my room just screaming.

Darren Shan

I have music on when I write. I don't like the isolation otherwise and find the silence deadening.

Mike McCready

I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music.

Miyavi

I find a similarity between performing music onstage and acting - a reality of emotion.

Andre Previn

I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.

Jacob Whitesides

I feel like that's so important, to enjoy my own music. Because if I'm not passionate about my music, then it's going to show to the fans.

Corin Tucker

I feel really privileged that I've been able to be an activist and a musician for over 20 years now, and I've always been able to say whatever I want. I think that's something we Americans really take for granted, but it's a big deal, and it's not something most people in the world are able to do.

Jeff Ament

I feel like in a lot of ways I can relate to the fans, just being a fan of music myself.

Mary Lambert

Growing up, people are like, 'Mary, we'll see you at the Grammys.' You're like, 'I'll be at the Grammys.' Then, you're actually at the Grammys! That actually is happening; it's not just something people are saying because they like your music. It's real!

Yoko Ono

I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.

Anton Corbijn

I didn't make music videos in order to make a movie. Music videos were the goal for me, so it was never a step to something else. I approached it seriously.

Suki Waterhouse

I'd like to be able to recall every J. Lo music video dance routine ever, naturally.

Jonathan Glazer

I don't feel as though I've graduated from commercials or music videos. In my mind, they aren't compartmentalised.

Derek Bailey

I'd like trios and quartets actually, but I like duos because a lot of musicians who I like playing with like playing duos.

Taylor Momsen

I'd call my music rock but with pop hooks.

Jose Gonzalez

I can live for my music, but I don't need to be recognized everywhere.

Noah Taylor

I am going to actually try and concentrate on music just for a year,

Carla Bley

I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.

Carla Bley

What's interesting about a person without problems?

Al Yankovic

Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.

Al Capp

The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.

Aimee Mann

There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.

Charles Kingsley

Music is a sacred, a divine, a God-like thing, and was given to man by Christ to lift our hearts up to God, and make us feel something of the glory and beauty of God, and of all which God has made.