Music Quotes

Music is a spiritual doorway its power comes from the fact that it plugs directly into the soul, unlike a lot of visual art or textual information that has to go through the more filtering processes of the brain.

Peter Gabriel Genesis
- Art
- Power
- Soul
There's a lot of really talented people in Utah, people who would really make an effort to make the music the best that it could be and as emotional as it could be.

David Archuleta
- People
- Effort
- Emotional

I got thrown out of music school for even listening to Fats Domino and Ray Charles. I was asked, 'What kind of music do you like to listen to?' and I said, 'Well, I do like Paul Hindemith and Igor Stravinsky but I also like Fats Domino and Ray Charles,' and they literally said, 'Either forget about that or leave.'

Steve Winwood Blind Faith
- Music
- School
- Listening
I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and having that rhythm and blues - the blues background was my big inspiration.

Jackie DeShannon
I don't know if Nashville will ever be ousted as the Music City. But I also think that here, over the last few years, Georgia has definitely kind of risen to the top as far as the crop of young artists coming out of this area that are kind of making waves, you know?

Jason Aldean
- City
- Artist
- Waves
I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.

Yelawolf
- Me
- Always
- Edgy
You don't see me in the club. And the reason is because I would rather be in the studio mixing these musical potions. Now sometimes they blow up in my face, and there's a lot of smoke. But that's who I am. Music is what I do.

R. Kelly
- Blow
- Studio
- Potions
I had a long, long time to make 'Rubberband,' and I originally thought that that record would last two years. Once I got over realizing that that's not gonna happen, and sort of got my perspective back, I realized, 'Man I'm really fortunate. I get to write music, make music for a living.'

Charlie Worsham
- Time
- Long
- Perspective