Quotes about music
musical woody notes
Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note. Dianne Wiest
musical services yes
We want to have enough services so that we can say yes to most people's musical interests.
music should-have done
Critics get a little carried away with what someone should have done, rather than what he did. Duke Ellington
musician problem made
The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.
music missing playing-jazz
Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
music adversity sky
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
music play murder
It's like an act of murder-you play with intent to commit something.
music thinking should-have
Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did.
music fate want
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.
music play mistress
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
music children mind
Roaming through the jungle of "Ohs" and "Ahs" searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.
music feel-good jazz-and-life
If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
music mean doe
What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
music mean swings
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.
music dream goal
A goal is a dream with a finish line.
music art intention
There is no art without intention.
music girl piano
I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
music important looks
The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
music lying tin-pan-alley
It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where the borderline lies between between classical music and jazz. I feel there is no boundary line
music together use
There is nothing to keeping a band together. You simply have to have a gimmick, and the gimmick I use is to pay them money!
music daughter mother
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
music love-is proof
Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is. Either you have it or you haven't; there's no proof of it.
music two jazz
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
music occupation live-by
Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.
music art opportunity
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
music country expression
Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and independence through which, eventually, jazz was evolved, and the music is so free that many people say it is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.
music writing wish
Almost anything is enough to keep alive someone who wishes nothing for himself but time to write music ... Dorothy Canfield Fisher
music home games
Oh, yes, of course I like music, too. Very much. It's so pleasant of an evening, especially when made by your friends at home. I often say I like it better than cards. Though I must say I do like a good game of bridge.
music magazines radio
The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do with musicianship. Dweezil Zappa
music rocks views
Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for any idiom such as a rock band or an orchestra. Frank was a brilliant arranger and could make his music work in any context. He proved that tour after tour and album after album.
music kids levels
I really want younger audience members to see kids in their early 20's playing Frank's music and to be inspired to take things to a higher level themselves.
musical ass
I'll do a musical. An ass-kickin' musical! Dwayne Johnson
musical firsts rhythm
Text first, rhythm second, melody third. Claudio Monteverdi