Quotes about music
music song writing
I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that - not by any discussion or anything, but by hearing his work. John Lennon
music dean music-is
Without Jimmy Dean, the Beatles never would have existed. John Lennon
music coward music-is
We were cowards when we sacked him. John Lennon
music writing noses
And Paul hits this chord and I turn to him and say, 'That's it! Do that again!' In those days, we really used to absolutely write like that - both playing into each other's noses. John Lennon
music music-is beatles-peace
I am not the Beatles. I'm me. Paul isn't the Beatles...The Beatles are the Beatles. Separately, they are separate. John Lennon
music girl strong
We reckoned we could make it because there were four of us. None at us would've made it alone, because Paul wasn't quite strong enough, I didn't have enough girl-appeal, George was too quiet, and Ringo was the drummer. But we thought that everyone would be able to dig at least one of us, and that's how it turned out. John Lennon
music writing rubbish
We never write anything with themes. We just write the same rubbish all the time. John Lennon
music style done
'Oh! Darling' was a great one of Paul's that he didn't sing too well. I always thought I could have done it better-it was more my style than his. He wrote it, so what the hell, he's going to sing it. John Lennon
music clever fun
I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have people putting you down. It doesn't give any edge to it if everybody just falls flat on their face saying, 'You're great.' We enjoy some of the criticisms as well, they're quite funny; some of the clever criticisms, not the ones that don't know anything, but some of the clever ones are quite fun. John Lennon
music mean ideas
The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous - I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ... It was just something you could never do. John Lennon
music mad world
The world went mad and used us as an excuse. John Lennon
music drummer found
We were always going to dump him when we found a decent drummer. John Lennon
music brother dylan
I am like a chameleon, influenced by whatever's going on. If Elvis can do it, I can do it. If the Everly Brothers can do it, me and Paul can. Same with Dylan. John Lennon
music variation theme
There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme. John Lennon
music real real-you
The more real you get, the more unreal everything else is. John Lennon
music eye thinking
It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here? John Lennon
music band bigs
The Beatles were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all. John Lennon
music real men
I been doing the same things as in my younger days, when I was coming up, and now here I am, an old man, up there in the charts. And I say, well, what happened? Have they just thought up the real John Lee Hooker, is that it? And I think, well, I won't tell nobody else! I can't help but wonder what happened. John Lee Hooker
musical done form
I've done a lot of things to become what I've become, out to create and establish a musical form and I call it movie. Jimmy Cliff
musical zeppelins bob
My musical tastes go from Zeppelin to Bob Dylan to Kanye West and Lil' Wayne. Anything modern and progressive. Josh Hartnett
musical musician grew
I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician. Joshua Bell
music atm want
I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it. Joshua Homme
musician lucky enough
Not everyone deserves to be a musician, you get lucky enough to be one. Joshua Homme
music want written
If you want to know whether you have written anything worth preserving, sing it to yourself without any accompaniment. Joseph Haydn
music people effort
Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts. Joseph Haydn
musical important transformation
And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition. Karlheinz Stockhausen
musician kind interest
I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind. Karrine Steffans
music art stars
Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own, and utterly without meaning ... except its own. Leonard Bernstein
music joy should
The joy of music should never be interrupted by a commercial. Leonard Bernstein
music peace ubuntu
This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. Leonard Bernstein
music communication talking
Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. Leonard Bernstein
music-love i-love-music courses
I love music but, of course, I'd choose love over that. Leona Lewis
musical chicago film
I'd love to do a film like 'Chicago.' Something musical because I've obviously come from that background. Leona Lewis