Carl Maria von Weber Quotes
Music is truly love itself, the purest, most ethereal language of the emotions, embodying all their changing colors in every variety of shading and nuance.
Quotes to Explore
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I was that weird eight-year-old who was really interested in Shakespeare and understood it and appreciated the language.
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I'm involved in music and fashion a lot more than I used to be, so my style has definitely changed - for the better, of course. It's given me greater insight into what colours work, what looks good on camera, and what I feel comfortable in.
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I never thought then I'd be doing what I'm doing now. At my high school, being on the girls soccer team was the cool thing to do, but that was definitely never going to happen for me, so I played music. Not because everyone thought it was awesome, but for the love of it.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of doing that.
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Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.
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Gospel music always relaxes me and calms my nerves.
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My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
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Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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Everything has to evolve. Music has to go somewhere. That's what keeps it fresh.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
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Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.
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Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.
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I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.
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Are we, as humans, gaining any insight on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context. So I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster.
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I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.
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The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.
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Death comes at you no matter what you do in this life, and to equate drugs with death is a facile comparison.
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I have to write. I have to be an artist.
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Music is truly love itself, the purest, most ethereal language of the emotions, embodying all their changing colors in every variety of shading and nuance.
