Music Quotes

There have never been so many women in the music industry, but they're doing ballads and pop. Where's the new Joan Jetts and the Wanda Jacksons and the Debbie Harrys, all these strong women? I wanna be the woman that rocks.

Imelda May
- Music
- Women
- Strong
What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.

Emmanuel Jal
- Music
- Trying
- Balance

I think that music is still art, even if it's commercialised.

Iggy Azalea
- Music
- Art
- Think
I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.

Mandy Patinkin
- Up
- School
- American
Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.

R. Kelly
- Music
- Country
- Loved
What Western society teaches us is that if you get enough money, power, and beautiful people to have sex with, that's going to bring you happiness. That's what every commercial, every magazine, music, movie teaches us. That's a fallacy.

Adam Yauch The Beastie Boys
- People
- Money
- Power
I was always very academically focused when I was growing up, and music was something for which I really had no preconceptions or expectations for myself or really any rules. It kind of represented, at least for me, a divergent path of creativity and self-discovery.

K. Flay
- Up
- Growing
- Myself
The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.

Jack White The White Stripes
- Music
- Black
- Struggle